Joe Perry Thinking Quotations

I think we're just a garage band that got lucky. It's the enthusiasm from the audience that keeps it going.

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.

I think one of the most valuable things Aerosmith has is the energy we produce when we all play together.

I think people have to be more aware of what the repercussions are of their actions.

I think that... the age of just slapping songs into movies, that's done.

I don't think there's anything anybody's doing that the Beatles didn't at least try at some point.

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.

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.

I don't want fans to think we're clean, upstanding American boys, but we are Americans, and we do stand up.

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.

You think it's all written, but it's not. There's always another way to twist those three chords around.

This time it wasn't like I had some deadline or any agenda or was even thinking like that. This was an absolutely no-pressure situation, just an at-home project, totally different from any kind of record I've made before.