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Joe Elliott
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Quotes by Joe Elliott
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Any idiot who knows five chords can bang a song together. But it’s probably going to be rubbish.
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I wanted to write a song that’s known to the world as a classic, stadium-rock anthem.
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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.
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I’ve always liked traveling around Europe and seeing the architecture. The buildings in capital cities have been there for hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years. Some look better than the new ones.
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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.
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As much as I am a huge soccer fan, music just kills it when it comes to importance. I could go to a desert island without a football and survive happily, but if I had to go without music, I think I’d end up killing myself. It fuels my soul. It always has.
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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.
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You see mock death in movies every day, but when it really happens, you’re not used to it. Most things in life, you get better the more that you do them, but this is one of those things you don’t really want to get any better at.
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