All Joe Elliott Quotes
- We just wanted to put a smile on people's faces. That's all we ever wanted to do. All
- To be honest, I'm a bit of a snob now; give me a Four Seasons anywhere in the world and I'm happy. Also, they've just… Anywhere
- We used to have our own plane with the band's name on the side. It was a dream come true. You drive to a local… Airport
- With Los Angeles, it's kind of a love-hate thing. Sometimes I think it's marvelous, and sometimes I think it's a dump. It's so fake and… Angeles
- When we try to write a pop song, we go for standard pop arrangements, even to the point where we will go to the key… Arrangements
- Writing a song is actually quite easy. Writing a good one is very, very difficult. Actually Quite
- That's why 60,000 people go ape when the Stones play 'Satisfaction.' The songs are part of their legacy, and you fall back in love with… Ape
- The Vatican takes your breath away. Breath
- Any idiot who knows five chords can bang a song together. But it's probably going to be rubbish. Any
- The most frustrating thing for musicians who want to play stuff from the new album is when everyone goes out to buy a beer. Album
- I saw the Stones three years ago at the Wiltern Theater in L.A. and that was mind blowing. Ago
- There were incredibly few rock songs making it out to the airwaves until the '80s came along. 80s
- I've always liked traveling around Europe and seeing the architecture. The buildings in capital cities have been there for hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of… Always Liked
- I don't really feel any different when I get up on stage. Any
- Manhattan's always fascinating, too, just a big, stinky, smelly conglomeration of numbered avenues and streets, but it's just got a vibe that's hard to beat.… Always Fascinating
- In England, rock music very rarely infiltrates the charts, but country music even less so. Charts
- The best holiday I ever had was the first one I went on without my parents, when I was 17. Best
- I wanted to write a song that's known to the world as a classic, stadium-rock anthem. Anthem
- Even Crazy Horses is a good song, by the Osmonds. I've known many bands who have covered that. It's just a great song. I bought… Anyone
- If you don't physically age gracefully, it's a bit sad. I think Steven Tyler can get away anything, because he still looks like he did… Age
- If you can't handle the responsibility of a hit single, don't write one. Handle
- Every town in America had at least one, two, or maybe three radio stations that played rock 24 hours a day. In England, we had… America
- It's big production. It's huge. It's using studio technology to your benefit. You don't go in and play live and then just take the tapes… Benefit
- We are just fans of music, we are not fans of a specific kind of music. We just happen to be a rock band. Until… Band