I think that's really important, that kids get exposed to music as soon as they can - not necessarily to become musicians, but at least have an outlet. It's an art form that's easily accessible to young ears.

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.

I never envisioned what I was doing as part of a career.

I think we're just a garage band that got lucky. It's the enthusiasm from the audience that keeps it going.

Take life on life's terms - one day at a time. And have fun while you're doing it.

I don't need to speak...I play the guitar!

The great British blues guitarists of the Sixties - people like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Peter Green - could play like virtuosos, but they also understood the importance of energy and intensity