I'm glad that I never ended up killing myself, though I came close more times than I would like to admit. — Joe Perry Admit Copy Share Image
I think that... the age of just slapping songs into movies, that's done. — Joe Perry Age Copy Share Image
I think we're just a garage band that got lucky. It's the enthusiasm from the audience that keeps it going. — Joe Perry Audience Copy Share Image
I love to listen to the music that first inspired me - I get that fresh feeling back. — Joe Perry Feelings Copy Share Image
Take life on life's terms - one day at a time. And have fun while you're doing it. — Joe Perry Fun Copy Share Image
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 Hopefully Copy Share Image
I have seen more bad songs make it because of MTV than good ones that haven't. — Joe Perry Mtv Copy Share Image
Y'know, I don't like jazz much. I'll put it on once in a while and listen, and I'll appreciate it. — Joe Perry Appreciate Copy Share Image
I was very fascinated by the time when firearms went from being fire sticks to being something people could use to hunt… — Joe Perry Fascinated Copy Share Image
I really didn't like 'Done With Mirrors.' I really didn't like 'Just Push Play.' Then there are other records I really think… — Joe Perry Done 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 Band 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 Across Copy Share Image
I've been fascinated with all kinds of weapons my whole life, and as I have been able to afford to acquire pieces,… — Joe Perry Able Copy Share Image
People spend their careers trying to figure out what makes a hit single. But I learned a long time ago that you… — Joe Perry Always Copy Share Image
That's what I love about music. It's immediate. There's a connection whether you are playing at Hyde Park or Chicago, and it's… — Joe Perry About Copy Share Image
There are guys in country music who are wizards on the guitar. If you're a country fan, you're used to it. But… — Joe Perry Country 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 Band 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 Aerosmith Copy Share Image
I know that some of the great painters and some of the great artists didn't even start to 'peak', as you say,… — Joe Perry Art 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 Blues Copy Share Image
I don't spend much time listening to the records when they're done. Usually I let go of it. Especially in the Eighties… — Joe Perry Almost Copy Share Image
The media plays up celebrity a lot, but it doesn't hold a candle to being a scientist. There's a lot to be… — Joe Perry Accomplish Copy Share Image
I guess we all have a bad night now and then and really screw up. I listened to our earlier stuff and… — Joe Perry Bad night Copy Share Image
When I got sober and started working out, I fell into that trap of working out too much. I know a lot… — Joe Perry Every day Copy Share Image
I think that's really important, that kids get exposed to music as soon as they can - not necessarily to become musicians,… — Joe Perry Art Copy Share Image
I have always been fascinated with guns. I grew up in America so granted, it is part of our heritage and it… — Joe Perry America Copy Share Image
I don't see anyone avoiding the Stones because DJs make jokes about them being a part of the Geritol set. All it… — Joe Perry Avoiding 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 Beatles Copy Share Image
For years I've wanted to find some guys that I could work with, because I realized a long time ago that I… — Joe Perry Aerosmith 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… — Joe Perry Acquired Copy Share Image
I love Indian food - it's my favourite cuisine. I love the mixture of spices and the subtle flavours. It's really erotic;… — Joe Perry Cuisine 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 Album Copy Share Image
Some of the best rock riffs ever written were by Jimmy Page, and I can't really name the songs, but some of… — Joe Perry Best Copy Share Image
I've been going long enough to prove what I wanted to prove, to get the girl I wanted to get, to make… — Joe Perry Been 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 And love Copy Share Image
There are definitely things about 'Legendary Child' that echo the music we did earlier in our career. It's got the right stuff. — Joe Perry Careers 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 Aerosmith Copy Share Image
I've always felt you are only as good as your next album or next show. What you've done is done. When you… — Joe Perry Album Copy Share Image
When Tom Morello picks up the guitar, I'm sure what he sees is totally different from what I do, but I love… — Joe Perry Different Copy Share Image
It's easy to put on a Deep Purple record and say, 'That sounds great.' But why? Part of it is individual practice,… — Joe Perry Deep Copy Share Image
