L.A. was just an inspiring kind of place to be. It felt like going to Paris in the Twenties and Thirties. Everybody's there. Everybody's hanging around. Everybody's talking about music. Joe Perry More Quotes by Joe Perry More Quotes From Joe Perry I have always been fascinated with guns. I grew up in America so granted, it is part of our heritage and it is written into the laws of how this country is run. Joe Perry gunrunningcountry Take life on life's terms - one day at a time. And have fun while you're doing it. Joe Perry one-day-at-a-timetermfun When I plug in my guitar and play it really loud, loud enough to deafen most people, that's my shot of adrenaline, and there's nothing like it. That's what it's always been for me - to be the flame the tribe dances around. Joe Perry flamesguitarplay The Beatles did everything long before anyone else. They weren't afraid to try things and to experiment with a lot of sounds. In 200 years, when you look up 'rock and roll' in the dictionary, it'll have a picture of the Beatles next to it. Joe Perry rock-and-rollrocksyears I love to listen to the music that first inspired me - I get that fresh feeling back. Joe Perry inspiredfeelingsfirsts 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. Joe Perry longpeoplethinking Music is music; you don't have to put a label on it. Joe Perry labelsmusic-is I guess we all have a bad night now and then and really screw up. I listened to our earlier stuff and we screwed up a lot. But at least now that we are sober, when we screw up it's for real. Joe Perry screw-upsrealnight A band isn't a band unless they're playing together. Otherwise it's just five guys that are living off their royalty checks. Joe Perry bandguytogether 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. Joe Perry playyearsthinking I don't need to speak...I play the guitar! Joe Perry guitarplayneeds Rhythm and sex go together and that's where I come from as far as the music goes. Rag Doll and Love In An Elevator are such sexual songs that you put them on & the strippers go NUTS! Joe Perry nutssongsex The media plays up celebrity a lot, but it doesn't hold a candle to being a scientist. There's a lot to be said for what they all do, and are trying to accomplish. Joe Perry mediaplaytrying I know that some of the great painters and some of the great artists didn't even start to 'peak', as you say, till they were in their fifties and sixties. And God knows, history is full of artistic people that weren't even recognized till they were dead and gone. Joe Perry artistgonepeople Hopefully I'm bringing to rock n' roll the kind of spontaneity that I love, and always believed rock and roll stands for. Joe Perry rock-n-rollrock-and-rollrocks You think it's all written, but it's not. There's always another way to twist those three chords around. Joe Perry twiststhreethinking I don't see anyone avoiding the Stones because DJs make jokes about them being a part of the Geritol set. All it does is make the DJs look stupid. Joe Perry stupiddoelooks Get good live and get a following because that's what people notice. Joe Perry followingpeople 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. Joe Perry drinkingbeerthinking I've come to realize that you live on through recordings; they're like a musical diary, a window into somebody's soul. Joe Perry musicalsouldiaries
