“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.” LooksRealCuttingRocksChangedBandCleanCombinationCuteBoardsRock N RollLooking Good Author:Joe Perry
“You can always pound out demos and send them to record companies, but most of the successful bands I've seen are the ones that can sustain themselves.” CompanySuccessfulRecordsBandPoundsRecord CompaniesDemos Author:Joe Perry
“A band isn't a band unless they're playing together. Otherwise it's just five guys that are living off their royalty checks.” TogetherGuyFiveBandChecksRoyaltyPlaying Together Author:Joe Perry
“Aerosmith is such a powerful band; I mean, it's like a steam locomotive.” MeanPowerfulBandSteamAerosmithLocomotives Author:Joe Perry
“Over the years, when you're in a band with a catalog like Aerosmith's, you accumulate a lot of instruments to duplicate those songs.” YearsSongBandInstrumentsDuplicateAerosmith Author:Joe Perry
“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.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLongMatterStoriesGuyDiesBandOther Guys Author:Joe Perry
“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!” IfsWayTryingLastsHellBandMusic IsAlbumsBoringBoredCopiesStagnation Author:Joe Perry
“I think we're just a garage band that got lucky. It's the enthusiasm from the audience that keeps it going.” ThinkingAudienceLuckyBandEnthusiasmGarage Author:Joe Perry
