As good as I am, I'm nothing without my band. Steven Tyler More Quotes by Steven Tyler More Quotes From Steven Tyler Once upon a time . . .” “In the beginning was . . .” That’s the way it always starts off. Every story, gospel, history, chronicle, myth, legend, folktale, or old wives’ tale blues riff begins with “Woke up this mornin’. . . . Steven Tyler wifeonce-upon-a-timestories People used to ask me, 'What do you reckon you'll be doing when you're 40?', and I told 'em 'rocking out and kicking ass!' Now it's 'What do you reckon you'll be doing at 60?' and the answer's exactly the same. I'm always going to love Jimi Hendrix - 'Purple Haze' will still give me a hard-on when I'm hooked up to a life-support machine. Hey, even when I'm dead, they're going to have a hell of a job nailing the coffin lid down. Steven Tyler purplejobspeople If they [Guns N' Roses] didn't get back together soon they would have missed their window and no one would have cared in 3 or 4 years. Steven Tyler gunroseyears Just saying no to drugs is like just saying cheer up to a manic depressant Steven Tyler saying-nodrugcheer I grew up in New Hampshire. My closest neighbor was a mile away. The deer and the raccoons were my friends. So I would spend time walking through the woods, looking for the most beautiful tropical thing that can survive the winter in the woods in New Hampshire. Steven Tyler friendswinterbeautiful Rock 'n' roll is sexuality personified. It is attitude. It is all the things that your parents told you not to do. It's the freedom to express yourself. It's being alive. It expresses the times. It's a magazine, a newspaper that tells the truth. If you listen to rap today, it's all about the truth. And that's what we all want. Just give me a little truth. Steven Tyler rocksrapattitude My feet have been my best friend for the last 40 years. I've just been a dancing fool on stage, and after awhile you just kind of wear them out. Steven Tyler feetfriendshipyears I know why we're here. We're all here because we're not all there. Steven Tyler alcohol-recoveryaa-recoveryalcoholics-anonymous Back then it was nothing like today. So you'd go to the bowling alley. We bowled and you could be in the back and you could make out, you know? And you know how hot it was to make out. Steven Tyler bowlinghottoday I've got scarves and boots from' 1970 that I still wear. Steven Tyler scarvesbootsstills I have to get inspired by something that touches my soul, or rocks my soul. Steven Tyler inspiredrockssoul Why not share with the world the way it is and tell them my feelings about my cat, and how I played with my kids, and how addicted to Christmas time I am, and the smell of pine needles and hearing my kids laugh. Steven Tyler holidaycatchristmas Did you eat a lot of paint chips as a child? Steven Tyler chipspaintchildren I just pretended I was someone else until that someone else became me. Steven Tyler confidence Love may be the best driving wheel, but anger is a pretty good second. Steven Tyler drivingwheelsmay I just want Aerosmith to always give me a hard-on, that's all I ever ask for, for it to be the most special thing in my life. As long as I look at it through those eyes, it will always be that way. Steven Tyler eyegivinglong But you've reached them, and I've always wanted to reach people. I'm the first one to say I love my fans because they love that I took a chance. Steven Tyler fanspeoplefirsts I wait till the last minute to do lyrics. I seem to work best that way - bummed out and under pressure. I often don't do my homework. But I'll always walk that extra mile. Steven Tyler lastswaitingway When you start a rock n' roll band, you've gotta fake it till you make it. You begin by doin' what you love- and what you love is usually what some other people have already done. It just depends on how much of a fool you make of yourself along the way to finding your own sound, assuming you find it. Steven Tyler rockslove-ispeople Everyone's got their problems and their demons, but when we get onstage and play as five, that really all goes away, and that's really all I look at. Steven Tyler problemplaylooks
