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

I don't want fans to think we're clean, upstanding American boys, but we are Americans, and we do stand up.

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

For me, L.A. was, and is, a very creative place to be.

I think one of the most valuable things Aerosmith has is the energy we produce when we all play together.

I know that some of the great painters and some of the great artists didn't even start to 'peak', as you say, till they were in their fifties and sixties. And God knows, history is full of artistic people that weren't even recognized till they were dead and gone.

Sometimes when a record's done, I'm satisfied and I won't listen back to it for a while 'cause I'm usually pretty tired of the songs. Then I've got to learn them again to play them live, and sometimes it takes a while to realise it's a really good record.