Joe Perry Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“I have always been fascinated with guns. I grew up in America so granted, it is part of our heritage and it is written into the laws of how this country is run.”
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“I think that's really important, that kids get exposed to music as soon as they can - not necessarily to become musicians, but at least have an outlet. It's an art form that's easily accessible to young ears.”
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“Take life on life's terms - one day at a time. And have fun while you're doing it.”
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“Music is music you don't have to put a label on it”
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“The Beatles just changed everything right across the board. They just had that right combination of clean-cut good looks - a cute band - but under that they had a real rock n roll thing going on.”
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“India brings out so many different feelings in me. I've been fascinated with India and Indian culture as long as I can remember - ever since the '60s with the Beatles and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.”
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“My chosen instrument is guitar and, fortunately, I'm able to muddle through that. I can play guitar to the point where I can express myself artistically.”
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“I'm glad that I never ended up killing myself, though I came close more times than I would like to admit.”
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“The media plays up celebrity a lot, but it doesn't hold a candle to being a scientist. There's a lot to be said for what they all do, and are trying to accomplish.”
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“The Beatles had some juice when it came to distortion, but Clapton was finally able to break through those early studio engineers' fear of overloading. He defined the sound that guitarists spend the rest of their lives trying to get.”
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“I collect firearms, and I've got a Winchester, an Indian rifle. It has tacks for every warrior that was shot, like notches on a pistol, and it's got feathers and beads hanging off it. It's like a work of art.”
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“Five years after Aerosmith got back together, I realized how fragile we are as humans. There was a time I thought we were bulletproof, but then things happened and I came to the realization that I had to play every gig as if it was my last show. You have to start thinking that way, because you never know what's going to happen next.”
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“There was a time I thought I couldn't enjoy rock 'n' roll unless I had heroin in me”
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“I guess we all have a bad night now and then and really screw up. I listened to our earlier stuff and we screwed up a lot. But at least now that we are sober, when we screw up it's for real.”
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“I don't want fans to think we're clean, upstanding American boys, but we are Americans, and we do stand up.”
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“I know that the gift that God gave me isn't gonna just wither up and die unless I let it die, so it's a matter of me having the faith that it's gonna come out. Whether or not the public's gonna like it is another story. But I think as long as I keep changing and sticking to what I really love - and the same goes for Steven and the other guys in the band - then people are gonna like it.”
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“I think we're just a garage band that got lucky. It's the enthusiasm from the audience that keeps it going.”
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“Berry's On Top is probably my favorite record of all time; it defines rock and roll. A lot of people have done Chuck Berry songs, but to get that feel is really hard. It's the rock and roll thing-the push-pull and the rhythm of it.”
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“If you take your last album & try to copy it, then thats sure to hell the way to stagnation. And that makes me bored...and if I'm bored then the music is boring and so are the band!”
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“There are definitely things about 'Legendary Child' that echo the music we did earlier in our career. It's got the right stuff.”
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“I don't see anyone avoiding the Stones because DJs make jokes about them being a part of the Geritol set. All it does is make the DJs look stupid.”
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“Hopefully I'm bringing to rock n' roll the kind of spontaneity that I love, and always believed rock and roll stands for.”
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“For me, L.A. was, and is, a very creative place to be.”
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“You think it's all written, but it's not. There's always another way to twist those three chords around.”
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“The great British blues guitarists of the Sixties - people like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Peter Green - could play like virtuosos, but they also understood the importance of energy and intensity”
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“A band isn't a band unless they're playing together. Otherwise, it's just five guys that are living off their royalty checks.”
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“When I got sober and started working out, I fell into that trap of working out too much. I know a lot of guys can relate to that - if you don't get that runner's high every day, you feel like, 'Oh my God, I'm losing it.'”
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“Aerosmith is such a powerful band; I mean, it's like a steam locomotive.”
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“Describing certain sounds, there's a common language that guitar players have.”
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