Top 15 Joe Elliott Quotes

Any idiot who knows five chords can bang a song together. But it’s probably going to be rubbish.

We used to have our own plane with the band’s name on the side. It was a dream come true. You drive to a local airport. There’s none of this checking in stuff; you just get on the plane.

Writing a song is actually quite easy. Writing a good one is very, very difficult.

In England, rock music very rarely infiltrates the charts, but country music even less so.

If you can’t handle the responsibility of a hit single, don’t write one.

Manhattan‘s always fascinating, too, just a big, stinky, smelly conglomeration of numbered avenues and streets, but it’s just got a vibe that’s hard to beat. I shouldn’t like it, but I do. I can’t put my finger on it.

I saw the Stones three years ago at the Wiltern Theater in L.A. and that was mind blowing.

That’s why 60,000 people go ape when the Stones play ‘Satisfaction.’ The songs are part of their legacy, and you fall back in love with them over the years.

When we try to write a pop song, we go for standard pop arrangements, even to the point where we will go to the key change at the end, which is really cheesy.

If you don’t physically age gracefully, it’s a bit sad. I think Steven Tyler can get away anything, because he still looks like he did in ’73. Especially from row Z backwards in an arena. As long as the Stones keep their hair and don’t get fat they’ll get away with the wrinkles.

We are just fans of music, we are not fans of a specific kind of music. We just happen to be a rock band. Until we explain ourselves, sometimes people don’t understand why we limit ourselves to just being a rock band. It’s because that is what we like doing.

The best holiday I ever had was the first one I went on without my parents, when I was 17.

I love the fact we’re still on the road. I was born to be a factory worker really, so for me the chance to get on stage at Wembley 30 years after we started is amazing.

The Vatican takes your breath away.

I don’t really feel any different when I get up on stage.