You think it's all written, but it's not. There's always another way to twist those three chords around.
Joe PerryRhythm and sex go together and that's where I come from as far as the music goes. Rag Doll and Love In An Elevator are such sexual songs that you put them on & the strippers go NUTS!
Joe PerryBerry's On Top is probably my favorite record of all time; it defines rock and roll. A lot of people have done Chuck Berry songs, but to get that feel is really hard. It's the rock and roll thing-the push-pull and the rhythm of it.
Joe PerryI don't want fans to think we're clean, upstanding American boys, but we are Americans, and we do stand up.
Joe PerryThere are definitely things about 'Legendary Child' that echo the music we did earlier in our career. It's got the right stuff.
Joe PerrySteven and I stood on the stage at the Boston Garden after the Stones had just played there and the stage was still up. We had been playing cards, maybe a high-school dance, to 400 or 500, maybe a thousand. We just stood on the stage and thought, 'Well,man,maybe someday.' In 4 years that was OUR stage.
Joe Perry