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I was happy in Dublin because it is very cosmopolitan.
Rick Allen Def Leppard -
I think if you're inspired, you don't let a little thing like scheduling and deadlines get in your way.
Phil Collen Def Leppard
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Good musicians are often difficult to hang out with; that's the hardest part, finding people you get on with.
Phil Collen Def Leppard -
I think fantasies should be kept to oneself, not shared. Or at least choose who I wish to share it with.
Rick Savage Def Leppard -
Our first single wasn't put out by any big-name record company. We had been playing in clubs for a while and we wanted to put out an EP. None of the record companies would have us. They told us that our type of rock and roll wasn't happening. We decided to show 'em they were wrong, so we recorded the stuff on our own and put it out on our own private label, Bludgeon Riffola Records. When it started to sell a lot of copies, the record companies 'suddenly' discovered us. It was strange, but we felt vindicated.
Steve Clark Def Leppard -
On the first record we had no experience whatsoever. We went in and relied on energy. Without experience we got our ideas off of other records, which is a mistake.
Steve Clark Def Leppard -
We did spend a great deal of time together while making this album (Pyromania). We spent a month in Ireland during preproduction without anyone or anything except our instruments and our amps. And believe me, a situation like that can really test your friendship. It's even tougher than being on the road where you have plenty of diversions to occupy your time. When you're thrown together in close quarters with only each other to deal with, your really find out what everyone's like. We came through that with flying colours, and that cohesiveness carried over to the recording session as well.
Steve Clark Def Leppard -
I don't know how anyone could vote Republican. It's so obvious that their only interest is keeping the rich rich.
Vivian Campbell Def Leppard
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We didn't know when to stop. It was like painting. We got it to its peak and then we thought, we've got more time, so we started throwing more paint on there.
Steve Clark Def Leppard -
A lot of people go, "I'm influenced by the Beatles and Zeppelin," and they just sound like a karaoke.
Phil Collen Def Leppard -
Def Leppard is a rock band that can sing.
Vivian Campbell Def Leppard -
Just follow your gut. If you seriously believe that something is the right thing to do, if you are so convinced that your stomach is knotting up every time someone suggests an alternative way of doing all this, take a deep breath and just say, "You're wrong."
Joe Elliott Def Leppard -
I think Joe's a little harsh on our early albums. I still like to listen to them occasionally, and we all still get a kick out of playing Rock Brigade in concert.
Steve Clark Def Leppard -
Only people who really know me will believe this, but I never had one. I never chatted a girl up in my life. I'm a little bit shy. I've always been introduced to someone, or it just happens. I've never been one for making a move on somebody. I think people can see right through that.
Rick Savage Def Leppard
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You know, people have said to me, 'I don't know what I would have done if I'd have gone through what you went through.' I just turn around and say, 'Well neither did I.' Until you discover that part of yourself, it's inexplicable. You just have to go through the experience, and somehow you're inspired.
Rick Allen Def Leppard -
We enjoyed an incredible response when we did the video for 'Bringin' On The Heartbreak'. We did it a couple of months after the album had been released and it perked up sales. We really enjoyed making them - each video had a different theme and we did them all at one time over the span of a couple of days. Our music stands up on its own, but the video adds an extra element.
Steve Clark Def Leppard -
In 1979 in Wolverhampton at a club I forgot the name of, my trousers split, luckily up the back. I duct-taped them together just before we went on. I didn't have any spare ones. I've had a few stupid incidents where things have been thrown on stage, but nothing that would put me off going on stage.
Joe Elliott Def Leppard -
I like my guitars to be kinda worn. I don't like it when they're all shiny.
Vivian Campbell Def Leppard -
Because of the way we work together, there's never any chance of the band breaking up. We know each other so well and we get on really well together.
Rick Allen Def Leppard -
It's a catchy name. We didn't want to call ourselves anything too traditional. If we had called ourselves the something-or-others we would have been just another group in the crowd.
Steve Clark Def Leppard
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We use to catch hell in clubs from people who were into punk. They wanted us to be just like them, but we wanted to rock.
Steve Clark Def Leppard -
What, shagging? It really depends who I'm with and what we're doing. I won't say the real answer, because it'll sound like I'm bragging!
Phil Collen Def Leppard -
I therefore consider it a great privilege to be part of a band who, as a fan, I have watched grown from young hopefuls to a bona fide rock institution.
Vivian Campbell Def Leppard -
We try to look good and have style.
Rick Allen Def Leppard