Aerosmith Quotes
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That's what I love about music. It's immediate. There's a connection whether you are playing at Hyde Park or Chicago, and it's been happening since the beginning of time and the troubadours.
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I didn't think I could go onstage and play unless I had a beer to loosen up. Well, if it was only one beer to loosen up, I'd probably still be drinking today.
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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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It's not the COUGH that carries you OFF. . . . It's the COFFIN they carry you OFF IN.
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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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I was very fascinated by the time when firearms went from being fire sticks to being something people could use to hunt and to survive.
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Half my life is in book's written pages. Live and learn from fools and from sages.
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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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I've seen bands split up for five years and do nothing. That sounds great to me, but it just hasn't worked out that way.
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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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'Back In The Saddle' - I never realised what a good riff that was, or at least how much it satisfied me. And when we play it live, it comes across much better than I ever expected it to.
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There's no doubt arena shows are exciting, but you don't get that up close and personal kind of vibe, and that's what rock n' roll is all about for me.
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I've come to realize that you live on through recordings; they're like a musical diary, a window into somebody's soul.
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It's so important for people to pay attention to history and learn from it, because it's the only thing we've got that's going to help us figure out where we are going. Especially the way things are manipulated in the press today. You have to sort through so much stuff to figure out what is real and what is not. It gets harder every day.
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I love Indian food - it's my favourite cuisine. I love the mixture of spices and the subtle flavours. It's really erotic; the spices are so sensuous.
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I think people have to be more aware of what the repercussions are of their actions.
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For me, L.A. was, and is, a very creative place to be.
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My Portuguese uncle had a Portuguese version of a ukulele. The family would pull it out after dinner and play Portuguese folk songs on it. I couldn't wait for him to finish so I could get my hands on it. I was seven or eight years old. And he used to have a Fender amp in his house and an electric guitar. I would spend hours making sounds.
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I think one of the most valuable things Aerosmith has is the energy we produce when we all play together.
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The kids get a vote. That's very important when it comes to raising kids. And always keep the bigger picture in mind.
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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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If you get satisfaction out of playing music and entertaining people and it makes you feel right, then go for it.
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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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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.