Steven Tyler: Self - Aerosmith Vocalist
Quotes
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Self - Interviewer - Penelope Spheeris : You are the definitive hard rock band that really set the standards. How do you feel about that?
Self - Aerosmith Vocalist : I love it. I think, you know, we took it to the mountain - and it's still there. It's rhythm and blues. It's twos and fours. It's fucking, you know. You can really fuck to a good Aerosmith song.
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Self - Interviewer - Penelope Spheeris : Do you look at the Dolls and say, "Gee, they got a good look. We should look like that"?
Self - Aerosmith Vocalist : Oh, yeah. I think I was in awe. I loved it. David Johansen had - they used to say I was a Mick Jagger lookalike, me, "he had lips for miles." I mean, that guy can swallow the earth. And has.
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Self - Aerosmith Vocalist : Joe and I are the toxic twins, baby. Known as being that.
Self - Interviewer - Penelope Spheeris : Are you proud of it?
Self - Aerosmith Vocalist : Eh, no, you know. Knowin' that - yes that I went through it; but, no that all people know it, that they might think that's the way to do it, you know. And that isn't the way. That's not the way at all; because, you know, we painted ourselves into a major corner.
Self - Aerosmith Guitar : Yeah, we figured that it was the only thing to do is - is clean up. So...
Self - Interviewer - Penelope Spheeris : How long has that been?
Self - Aerosmith Guitar : It's been 11 months now.
Self - Interviewer - Penelope Spheeris : And how do you feel?
Self - Aerosmith Guitar : Still hung over a little bit. No, we're doin' good. We were feelin' sick and tired of feelin' sick and tired.
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Self - Aerosmith Vocalist : I must have snorted up all of Peru.
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Self - Aerosmith Vocalist : To survive the 60s and the 70s, it's like - it's a fucking miracle.
Self - Interviewer - Penelope Spheeris : Do you think you could have been dead?
Self - Aerosmith Vocalist : Oh, God, I was, several times.
[laughs]
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Self - Interviewer - Penelope Spheeris : You makin' a lot of money?
Self - Aerosmith Vocalist : Yeah.
Self - Interviewer - Penelope Spheeris : Have you made a lot of money in your day?
Self - Aerosmith Vocalist : Yeah. Yeah. Millions.
Self - Interviewer - Penelope Spheeris : You have?
Self - Aerosmith Vocalist : Oh, yeah.
Self - Interviewer - Penelope Spheeris : Where is it now?
Self - Aerosmith Vocalist : It went up my nose.
[laughs]
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Self - Interviewer - Penelope Spheeris : Do you feel now that you can still do it without drugs?
Self - Aerosmith Vocalist : Positively. Better too. And keep it up longer.
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Self - Aerosmith Vocalist : It's like jerkin' off. When you're - when you're a young kid and you first learn how to use that thing, you know, you go bla-bla-bla-bla-bla. But, the older you get, the slower - you slow down, you know, and you get into the rhythm of it. And you learn how to milk it for all it's worth. And I think that's where Aerosmith - where Aerosmith is right now. I think we do a good job of - fucking.
Self - Interviewer - Penelope Spheeris : O-kay.
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Self - Interviewer - Penelope Spheeris : What do you think about groupies?
Self - Aerosmith Vocalist : I love 'em.
Self - Aerosmith Guitar : Amazing.
Self - Aerosmith Vocalist : They're great.
Self - Aerosmith Guitar : Unassuming, innocent, you know what I mean.
Self - Aerosmith Vocalist : They keep a young man hard.
Self - Aerosmith Guitar : It's a way of life, you know.
Self - Aerosmith Vocalist : It's like your alter ego. They're doin' the same thing you are. I mean, you're in a band and you love it. You love the music that your playin'. You know, you see them freakin' out and lovin' it - it's just, you know, it just reinforces the way you feel.
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Self - Aerosmith Vocalist : I wanted it so bad. You know, that's one thing looking back I know that - that if you want something that bad, and you think positive about it, and to the point where you become it, therefore, you are it.
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Self - Aerosmith Vocalist : Just be real careful. Wear a rubber and don't do drugs. What can I say?
[laughs]
