Def Leppard Quotes
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The groupie situation has been dead for years. We've never really been that big in actually getting involved. I'd say with us, the groupie thing was much more voyeuristic.
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Our producer, Mutt Lange, is perfect for us. He doesn't accept what we do and say, 'OK that's great.' He's always pushing us and challenging us. We like to think that we push ourselves, but having someone like Mutt, who you know is going to always give you an honest opinion, is an invaluable help. He's helped make Def Leppard the band it is today.
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I still have people saying to me, 'Oh, you're still together?' They don't realize Leppard's been around this whole time, because people just don't get to hear us.
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The difficulty with all of these things comes around economics and how much of what you see as your baby you are willing to give up to be part of something.
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This is a real band, a real organization. No petty bullshit. None of that, 'My champagne is not perfectly chilled, cancel the tour.' No eggshells to be walking on.
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We used to have our own plane with the band's name on the side. It was a dream come true. You drive to a local airport. There's none of this checking in stuff; you just get on the plane.
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When you go on stage, there's part of you being a sexual beast.
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You see mock death in movies every day, but when it really happens, you're not used to it. Most things in life, you get better the more that you do them, but this is one of those things you don't really want to get any better at.
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Still waiting, although the last night of the Hysteria shed tour with the guys from Europe was hiliarious.
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We're not the type of band that will jump around the dressing room after the show--we ain't got the energy. We sit down and talk very quietly and after twenty minutes everything's back to normal.
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If there is any justice in the world, then eighties rock will never again serve to blight humanity as it did in that dark decade!
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Even Crazy Horses is a good song, by the Osmonds. I've known many bands who have covered that. It's just a great song. I bought it in a brown, paper bag because I didn't want anyone to know I had it.
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Sometimes it's a negative because I still have a memory of some of the things I could do... when I still had two arms.
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Humor is an amazing way to talk people down off a ledge.
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I'm sure it's the same with yourself that when your relationship is good, it changes the way you view the rest of the world.
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We do see in the next few years more opportunities coming again for our company that we've not seen for the last two to three years.
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The day anyone in the band can't pour his own drinks is when we end up in a nursing home.
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They called us 'bludgeon riffola' - it was a complete slag off. So just to show that we didn't really care we picked up on the phrase and used it for the record label.
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I like working hard and achieving things, so determined, independent, and a nice guy.
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We've always been a prolific band. Writing good songs has never been a problem.
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Cause I felt I didn't have anything else to prove as a musician... and boy was I wrong about that one.
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There's room for everybody - it's not the Olympics. I'd like to be on top, but if the album's successful, that's good enough.
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The nature of touring is packaging acts together that have strong catalogues of music. It's about making sure that it's a winning combination. It's really about giving people value for their money.
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I love watching sports programmes, specifically soccer. Then less so, probably golf. And I like playing golf, as well... If the weather is good, which is not very often in Dublin! And generally, I like reading magazines and books. So that basically takes most of my time up.