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" Every guitarist I would cross paths with would tell me that I should have a flashy guitar, whatever the latest fashion model was, and I used to say, 'Why? Mine works, doesn't it? It's a piece of wood and six strings, and it works.' "

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" By the way he carried himself, you really thought that Bon Scott was immortal. "

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" When I'm on stage the savage in me is released. It's like going back to being a cave man. It takes me six hours to come down after a show. "

" The playing is great. The traveling is tough. It's a hard thing. "

" Yes, we're still five little people with a noisy attitude. "

" You've got to love what you do. You've got to like doing it, because it is a lot of your life. "

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" I'm sick to death of people saying we've made 11 albums that sounds exactly the same, Infact, we've made 12 albums that sound exactly the same. "

" The guitar can go at a scream. It can yell at you. "

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