Quotes

“I mean, as long as it doesn't have a bra attached, guys can take a risk and wear stylish things that went out of style 30 years ago. As things go around, they come around.” Steven Tyler

“I quit my band in New York City in 1969 and I got really angry at them. I got angry at one of my guitar players and I dove over the drum set and we got into a fight.” Steven Tyler

“I'm not sure about the selling part, but I've always found that the things I've worn on tour have moved over to what people wear every day. Sometimes the things I wore in the beginning before I had money were things I put together.” Steven Tyler

“Back then it was nothing like today. So you'd go to the bowling alley. We bowled and you could be in the back and you could make out, you know? And you know how hot it was to make out.” Steven Tyler

“I think if you were to really peek under the hood of what got Aerosmith back again for our second life in the Eighties, you'll find out that it's exactly this, it's the willingness to take a risk.” Steven Tyler

“Why not share with the world the way it is and tell them my feelings about my cat, and how I played with my kids, and how addicted to Christmas time I am, and the smell of pine needles and hearing my kids laugh.” Steven Tyler

“I don't mind being a grandfather; I've been a mother for so many years. You just can't believe what it's like being a father. Especially when you come out of the chaos of the road to getting married and having children.” Steven Tyler

“If you take all that I've learned from Joe and all that Joe has learned from me, and you throw all that into a song, not only are you using the gifts that God gave you, but also all the experiences you've had.” Steven Tyler

“My wife and I had decided not to let anybody take pictures of our home because it was just the last place on earth we had that was unscathed. But people have climbed over the fence; they've taken aerial shots. They've gotten my address and put it on the Internet.” Steven Tyler

“Now I'm way into suits that I can put on whether I took a shower or not, and wear barefoot and paint my toes black or whatever color the suit is. It's very cool to wear suits like that. Roll up the sleeves and just say yee-haw.” Steven Tyler

“We may need to change the way we think. As in Israel, I think there should be a mandatory draft, where you go away for the service of your country for three years.” Steven Tyler

“I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend.” Freddie Mercury

“I always knew I was a star And now, the rest of the world seems to agree with me.” Freddie Mercury

“I'm very emotional; I think I may go mad in several years' time.” Freddie Mercury

“I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.” Freddie Mercury

“Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!” Freddie Mercury

“I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.” Freddie Mercury

“What will I be doing in twenty years' time? I'll be dead, darling! Are you crazy?” Freddie Mercury

“I'm hopeless with money; I simply spend what I've got.” Freddie Mercury

“When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance.” Freddie Mercury

“I dress to kill, but tastefully.” Freddie Mercury

“Is Billy Idol just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way?” Freddie Mercury

“You know, I designed the Queen crest. I simply combined all the creatures that represent our star signs-and I don't even believe in astrology.” Freddie Mercury

“A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrica! event.” Freddie Mercury

“Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject.” Freddie Mercury

“Who wants to live forever?” Freddie Mercury

“If we're weird onstage, I don't know what you'd call the Tubes.” Freddie Mercury

“One night Roger was in a foul mood and he threw his entire bloody drumset across the stage. The thing only just missed me - I might have been killed.” Freddie Mercury

“The reason we're successful, darling? My overall charisma, of course.” Freddie Mercury

“We're a very expensive group; we break a lot of rules. It's unheard of to combine opera with a rock theme, my dear .” Freddie Mercury