Get good live and get a following because that's what people notice.

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

The Beatles had some juice when it came to distortion, but Clapton was finally able to break through those early studio engineers' fear of overloading. He defined the sound that guitarists spend the rest of their lives trying to get.

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.

Aerosmith is such a powerful band; I mean, it's like a steam locomotive.

I've come to realize that you live on through recordings; they're like a musical diary, a window into somebody's soul.