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" It was very difficult for me to be the only lyricist in the band. "
Steven Tyler
Band
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" I had been on the junior Olympic team in high school for trampoline; I could do twenty-six back flips in a row. "
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" 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. "
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" You have no idea how expensive it is to look this cheap. "
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" Fake it until you make it. "
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" 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. "
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" I've seen whales calving in the waters off Maui, and I've watched my children being born. But music is the most beautiful thing of all. "
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" I have a big ego, but I don't buy into it. I can't live off the ego. It's an honor that I get to be that guy onstage. It's not something I earned. "
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" As you know, I'm androgynous. I can wear a jacket that most guys wouldn't put on. But you make it in guys' sizes, and suddenly they're wearing them. I think styles should get back to getting people to wear things that look so good that they don't care. "
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" I can't live off the ego. "
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" 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. "
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" Schools, the first thing they cut is music programs. They don't realize how important music is to kids. "
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" My toes are all squished. During an operation, they had to take nerves out. "
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" But you've reached them, and I've always wanted to reach people. I'm the first one to say I love my fans because they love that I took a chance. "
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" I grew up in New Hampshire. My closest neighbor was a mile away. The deer and the raccoons were my friends. So I would spend time walking through the woods, looking for the most beautiful tropical thing that can survive the winter in the woods in New Hampshire. "
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Time
" Great melody over great riffs is, to me, the secret of it all. "
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" Maybe life is random, but I doubt it. "
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" It doesn't feel good when you're put down, and especially for no uncertain reason. "
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" We need to go back to the way it was 30 years ago, when everybody had Grandma and Grandpa, and we were willing to pass moral judgments about right and wrong. "
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" I've got scarves and boots from' 1970 that I still wear. "
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" When that second airplane hit the building, we all changed. We need to get back to some serious thinking. "
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Serious
" Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new. "
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" I don't think anything is forever, but when my kids tell me they love me, that's forever. "
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" Guitar players never listen to lead singers. "
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" I like to come up with the melodies, and I have a lot of ideas as far as structure goes. "
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" 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. "
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" Drugs will get you out of your own way, but we lived it, and that's dangerous. It can actually turn around on itself and steal your soul, and that's what happened. "
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" Dogs have a lot of love. "
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" 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. "
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" I have to get inspired by something that touches my soul, or rocks my soul. "
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