Angus Young Quotes

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Angus Young

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 31, 1959

Hearing a lot of early rock n' roll records from a very young age was a huge influence.

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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.

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You have to put a market value on what you do.

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I don't know how many bands I saw who would try to wreck a hotel room, but I never wrecked a hotel room in my life! If I'm gonna sit there and throw a TV out the window... if it's a good TV, maybe I should just take it home.

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

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We knew when we started we wouldn't be accepted overnight, that it was going to be a long haul.

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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.

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When we were younger and first starting out in Australia, we found that we sold more records by word of mouth because we were playing the bars, clubs, and small places and building a following. And as we got bigger, we still relied a lot on word of mouth.

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We came out in the midst of the hippie hangover. All this mellow music.

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I've been shocked for a long time in a lot of circumstances. I get shocked when they say, 'Hey, we're paying ya.'

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

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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.

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When we play live, it's always been a do or die effort. And everything we've ever done has always had that approach.

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

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I have the Internet, but the first that happens with it is my machine will crash. I get by when it's operating. What would I know about updating?

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The biggest tragedy we had early on was when Bon Scott died.

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A good record is one where I can tap my toes. I always say let your feet do the thinking.

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We played by feel. We felt as though you could put us on any stage, and we would find a way to win that crowd over. We had that attitude: We can't fail. You might not like it right now, but you will.

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I think what AC/DC does best is play live. That's when everything comes together. Even after you make a studio album, when you go out and play live, that's when you learn what being in a band is all about.

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

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