Quotes from Angus Young

We've been involved in a lot of albums that were really rushed at the end.

When we were younger, playing a bar or a club, we did what we did to get as many people to like what we were doing. I wanted the person in the back of the room to like it as much as the ones in the front. That's how I've always looked at it.

There's nothing worse than trying to patch something or make do. If there wasn't something there in the beginning, it won't be there at the end.

A lot of people say, 'AC/DC - that's the band with the little guy who runs around in school shorts!'

Because we grew up in Australia, to find information about a lot of blues guys, I used to go to the library and find the jazz magazines. They didn't even sell them at the time in news agents and stuff.

I've always been someone who thought it didn't matter where you were playing. I always shot for the best you could get. It never bothered me if it was small or it was big.

'Rock Or Bust' is a thing we've always done.

The school suit allows me to be an extrovert. Basically, I'm the opposite of what I am on stage.

I used to run home from school, pick up my guitar, and lock myself in my room and play.

To me, meeting Buddy Guy was like meeting a piece of history.

I wouldn't know any newer bands. We're past the pimple stage.

I never thought of us as a punk band, a metal band, or a new wave band. Just as a band band.

I plug into a lot of old rock & roll. Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis - I love all that stuff.

A lot of times you'll hear bands and it's a different sound coming out than what's on stage. Because you can clean it up through a PA and make it sound completely different than what they really sound like.

My part in AC/DC is just adding the color on top.

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.

We're a rock group. we're noisy, rowdy, sensational and weird.

We're not the prettiest bunch of animals in the world.

What we admit to is being a rock n' roll band. From day one, I was a big Chuck Berry fan.

We've always been quite clear about how we want the songs to sound. If we can imagine the song being played at a party, and it gets people tapping their feet, then it's in.

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

There are all sorts of cute puppy dogs, but it doesn't stop people from going out and buying Dobermans.

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.

I saw Deep Purple live once and I paid money for it and I thought, 'Geez, this is ridiculous.' You just see through all that sort of stuff. I never liked those Deep Purples or those sort of things. I always hated it. I always thought it was a poor man's Led Zeppelin.