I have a great deal of respect for myself as a musician and a writer, even if I'm not doing it anymore. — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
I just started exploring the guitar and seeing where it would take me. — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
I try to keep the theatrics to a minimum and let the music do the talking. — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
Singing is the form I've chosen to express myself. It's the way I emote best. — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
There's a time that you realize that you're not gonna get out of a room without playing certain songs. — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
Piper took me one step further in that it got my first real recording contract but the band just didn't quite mature.… — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
There are a lot of cases where I'm using, if not an acoustic guitar, an electric guitar more as a rhythm instrument.… — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
Even in 1971, J. Geils was into the Stones. When I heard Geils, I realized that a lot of other people hearing… — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
We don't want to categorize our music. Some people say you need a definite musical direction to give a group visibility. — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
I always wanted to merge heavy metal with pop music, but I think that because I grew up more with pop, the… — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
I'd always envisioned 'The Big Beat' leading off 'The Tale of the Tape' with the biggest drumbeat the rock world had ever… — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
For me, music is this incredibly cerebral trip. You turn on the radio or put on a record, and it's your song,… — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
Heavy metal to me implies a relentless, pounding, hitting-people-over-the-head music. Trend setters tend to dismiss it as basic and simple, but all… — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
I don't feel I have to be Jackson Browne. Still, I like to say something. — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
When I write the songs, I don't dictate how people should interpret them. — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
I can put on 'Revolver' or 'Led Zeppelin II' and then 'Tell the Truth' and there is no quality gap. — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
So everybody is trying to play like Eddie Van Halen. I think it's rubbish. I think Eddie's great, but everyone's trying to do what… — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
I think that 'Tell the Truth' is one of the best rock records ever made by me or anyone - I really do. — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
For me, music is this incredibly cerebral trip. You turn on the radio or put on a record, and it's your song, it's what… — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
I mean, I would always like to play bigger places and play for more people. — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
You guard your hopes and pocket your dreams, you'd trade it all to avoid an unpleasant scene. — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
Don't Say No' was the first album I'd done that I felt completely comfortable with. — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
Studio work is very methodical, while live concerts must be very spontaneous. — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
I don't feel I have to be Jackson Browne. Still, I like to say something. — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
I try to remember our relative insignificance on this planet and that these seemingly important things do not mean quite as much as we… — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
Life isn't that complicated on paper. It's made more complex by the day and age we live. — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
