Quotes from 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 that way.

The bottom line is fans just want to hear a good song. Some people will look underneath to see who wrote it, but they just want to hear a good song. And if they don't hear it, they're not going to buy it just because you wrote it.

Aerosmith is such a powerful band; I mean, it's like a steam locomotive.

I didn't think I could go onstage and play unless I had a beer to loosen up. Well, if it was only one beer to loosen up, I'd probably still be drinking today.

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

A band isn't a band unless they're playing together. Otherwise, it's just five guys that are living off their royalty checks.

I don't see anyone avoiding the Stones because DJs make jokes about them being a part of the Geritol set. All it does is make the DJs look stupid.

There's no doubt arena shows are exciting, but you don't get that up close and personal kind of vibe, and that's what rock n' roll is all about for me.

There are definitely things about 'Legendary Child' that echo the music we did earlier in our career. It's got the right stuff.

For years I've wanted to find some guys that I could work with, because I realized a long time ago that I can do a lot of things other than Aerosmith.