I've seen bands split up for five years and do nothing. That sounds great to me, but it just hasn't worked out… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
I don't think there's anything anybody's doing that the Beatles didn't at least try at some point. — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Describing certain sounds, there's a common language that guitar players have. — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You think it's all written, but it's not. There's always another way to twist those three chords around. — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
If you get satisfaction out of playing music and entertaining people and it makes you feel right, then go for it. — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
Aerosmith is such a powerful band; I mean, it's like a steam locomotive. — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
The Beatles had some juice when it came to distortion, but Clapton was finally able to break through those early studio engineers'… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
Berry's On Top is probably my favorite record of all time; it defines rock and roll. A lot of people have done… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
If you take your last album & try to copy it, then thats sure to hell the way to stagnation. And that… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
'Back In The Saddle' - I never realised what a good riff that was, or at least how much it satisfied me.… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
After a while, no matter how much you love any pop song, you're going to get tired of it. That's the way… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
The great British blues guitarists of the Sixties - people like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Peter Green - could… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
Sometimes when a record's done, I'm satisfied and I won't listen back to it for a while 'cause I'm usually pretty tired… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
The Beatles did everything long before anyone else. They weren't afraid to try things and to experiment with a lot of sounds.… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
My Portuguese uncle had a Portuguese version of a ukulele. The family would pull it out after dinner and play Portuguese folk… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
Five years after Aerosmith got back together, I realized how fragile we are as humans. There was a time I thought we… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
Over the years, when you're in a band with a catalog like Aerosmith's, you accumulate a lot of instruments to duplicate those… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
I think that... the age of just slapping songs into movies, that's done. — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
I love to listen to the music that first inspired me - I get that fresh feeling back. — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
I have seen more bad songs make it because of MTV than good ones that haven't. — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
AC/DC is a prime example of taking that blues rock thing and just living in that world. They only really move the… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
Rhythm and sex go together and that's where I come from as far as the music goes. Rag Doll and Love In… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
Whenever I hear somebody cover a song, I don't like to hear it stray too far from the original. I like to… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
The bottom line is fans just want to hear a good song. Some people will look underneath to see who wrote it,… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
My chosen instrument is guitar and, fortunately, I'm able to muddle through that. I can play guitar to the point where I… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
The Beatles just changed everything right across the board. They just had that right combination of clean-cut good looks - a cute… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
Maybe you could put it out there that I don't have a built-in dislike of ballads. That was kind of the reputation I had… — Joe Perry Copy Share
I guess we all have a bad night now and then and really screw up. I listened to our earlier stuff and we screwed… — Joe Perry Copy Share
There's no doubt arena shows are exciting, but you don't get that up close and personal kind of vibe, and that's what rock n'… — Joe Perry Copy Share
I don't spend much time listening to the records when they're done. Usually I let go of it. Especially in the Eighties and Nineties… — Joe Perry Copy Share
Every time I get in front of an audience, I do the best I can. I really don't look at it like, you know,… — Joe Perry Copy Share
I'm a Republican, but I'm a Republican from the old school. I was taught that you get what you put into it. You can… — Joe Perry Copy Share
There are guys in country music who are wizards on the guitar. If you're a country fan, you're used to it. But as a… — Joe Perry Copy Share
Berry's On Top is probably my favorite record of all time; it defines rock and roll. A lot of people have done Chuck Berry… — Joe Perry Copy Share
I think that's really important, that kids get exposed to music as soon as they can - not necessarily to become musicians, but at… — Joe Perry Copy Share
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… — Joe Perry Copy Share
If you get satisfaction out of playing music and entertaining people and it makes you feel right, then go for it. — Joe Perry Copy Share
If you take your last album & try to copy it, then thats sure to hell the way to stagnation. And that makes me… — Joe Perry Copy Share
