From what I understand, depositions by design are a place for opposition lawyers to try and trip you up. LP is being cautious with his words and trying to be as vague as he can because of that.
Of course in a perfect world that's what its supposed to be but as some other comments in the thread have pointed out, opp. lawyers are hoping to press on issues and hope you say something that can be misinterpreted as malicious or incompetent later in front of a jury.