Joe Perry Thinking Quotations

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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