Joe Perry may refer to:
Five years after Aerosmith got back together, I realized how fragile we are as humans. There was a time I thought we were bulletproof, but then things happened and I came to the realization that I had to play every gig as if it was my last show. You have to start thinking that way, because you never know what's going to happen next.
I think we're just a garage band that got lucky. It's the enthusiasm from the audience that keeps it going.
I'm glad that I never ended up killing myself, though I came close more times than I would like to admit.
I love Indian food - it's my favourite cuisine. I love the mixture of spices and the subtle flavours. It's really erotic; the spices are so sensuous.
Aerosmith is such a powerful band; I mean, it's like a steam locomotive.
The Beatles just changed everything right across the board. They just had that right combination of clean-cut good looks - a cute band - but under that they had a real rock n roll thing going on.
A band isn't a band unless they're playing together. Otherwise, it's just five guys that are living off their royalty checks.
A lot of people don't listen to the albums. They just listen to the singles.
I think that. . . the age of just slapping songs into movies, that's done.
Berry's On Top is probably my favorite record of all time; it defines rock and roll. A lot of people have done Chuck Berry songs, but to get that feel is really hard. It's the rock and roll thing-the push-pull and the rhythm of it.
The really pop country stuff can sound a little bland because they put in strings and horns and all of that.
I don't think there's anything anybody's doing that the Beatles didn't at least try at some point.
I think one of the most valuable things Aerosmith has is the energy we produce when we all play together.
For me, L. A. was, and is, a very creative place to be.
India brings out so many different feelings in me. I've been fascinated with India and Indian culture as long as I can remember - ever since the '60s with the Beatles and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
Over the years, when you're in a band with a catalog like Aerosmith's, you accumulate a lot of instruments to duplicate those songs.
Rhythm and sex go together and that's where I come from as far as the music goes. Rag Doll and Love In An Elevator are such sexual songs that you put them on & the strippers go NUTS!
I have seen more bad songs make it because of MTV than good ones that haven't.
I was very fascinated by the time when firearms went from being fire sticks to being something people could use to hunt and to survive.
I think people have to be more aware of what the repercussions are of their actions.