Steven Tyler Quotes

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Steven Tyler

Profession : Singer

Birth : March 26, 1948

As good as I am, I'm nothing without my band.

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Fake it until you make it.

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My toes are all squished. During an operation, they had to take nerves out.

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I can't live off the ego.

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Back then it was nothing like today. So you'd go to the bowling alley. We bowled and you could be in the back and you could make out, you know? And you know how hot it was to make out.

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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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I don't mind being a grandfather; I've been a mother for so many years. You just can't believe what it's like being a father. Especially when you come out of the chaos of the road to getting married and having children.

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I had gotten one of the first Korg synthesizers with 300 presets.

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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 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'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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I've got scarves and boots from' 1970 that I still wear.

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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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It was very difficult for me to be the only lyricist in the band.

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My wife and I had decided not to let anybody take pictures of our home because it was just the last place on earth we had that was unscathed. But people have climbed over the fence; they've taken aerial shots. They've gotten my address and put it on the Internet.

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Nothing is ever a barometer. Nothing is ever for sure except that this band has been around forever.

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The band's never taken a year off. Last August we decided to take one, and three months in I was bored to tears.

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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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When that second airplane hit the building, we all changed. We need to get back to some serious thinking.

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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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