Joe Perry

The '70's came and went already

— Joe Perry

For me, L.A. was, and is, a very creative place to be.

— Joe Perry

Music is music you don't have to put a label on it

— Joe Perry

I never envisioned what I was doing as part of a career.

— Joe Perry

I don't need to speak...I play the guitar!

— Joe Perry

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

“In order to be near us, to hang out with us, it was good to have drugs.”

— Joe Perry

You think it's all written, but it's not. There's always another way to twist those three chords around.

— Joe Perry

I think people have to be more aware of what the repercussions are of their actions.

— Joe Perry

Describing certain sounds, there's a common language that guitar players have.

— Joe Perry

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

The kids get a vote. That's very important when it comes to raising kids. And always keep the bigger picture in mind.

— Joe Perry

I don't think there's anything anybody's doing that the Beatles didn't at least try at some point.

— Joe Perry

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

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

The great British blues guitarists of the Sixties - people like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Peter Green - could…

— Joe Perry

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

I guess we all have a bad night now and then and really screw up. I listened to our earlier stuff and…

— Joe Perry

When I got sober and started working out, I fell into that trap of working out too much. I know a lot…

— Joe Perry

I think that's really important, that kids get exposed to music as soon as they can - not necessarily to become musicians,…

— Joe Perry

I have always been fascinated with guns. I grew up in America so granted, it is part of our heritage and it…

— Joe Perry

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

My Portuguese uncle had a Portuguese version of a ukulele. The family would pull it out after dinner and play Portuguese folk…

— Joe Perry

It's so important for people to pay attention to history and learn from it, because it's the only thing we've got that's…

— Joe Perry

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

It seems ridiculous that you can be in one state with your driver's license and buy a firearm, and then in the…

— Joe Perry

Steven and I stood on the stage at the Boston Garden after the Stones had just played there and the stage was…

— Joe Perry

I know that the gift that God gave me isn't gonna just wither up and die unless I let it die, so…

— Joe Perry

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

A lot of people don't listen to the albums. They just listen to the singles.

— Joe Perry

I think one of the most valuable things Aerosmith has is the energy we produce when we all play together.

— Joe Perry

The really pop country stuff can sound a little bland because they put in strings and horns and all of that.

— Joe Perry

It's probably listening to country music that got me to start playing a lot cleaner, not as distorted.

— Joe Perry

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

I have seen more bad songs make it because of MTV than good ones that haven't.

— Joe Perry

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

I'm glad that I never ended up killing myself, though I came close more times than I would like to admit.

— Joe Perry

I think we're just a garage band that got lucky. It's the enthusiasm from the audience that keeps it going.

— Joe Perry

I think that... the age of just slapping songs into movies, that's done.

— Joe Perry

I love to listen to the music that first inspired me - I get that fresh feeling back.

— Joe Perry