Angus Young Quotes

Nobody gets into a band and thinks they're going to have a 30-year career.

I've never understood musicians who don't enjoy doing promotional interviews. I just can't believe it. I always think, 'Your life must have been so brilliant before you were in a band.'

I've never tried to achieve anything. I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.

The best part was watching Journey grow into this monster. The band was huge, playing these enormous gigs.

There's no way you can imagine going from kids in high school to being the best band in the world.

The Roses should have made it as the biggest band since The Beatles, but we didn't.

Look; being in this band, of course it would be great, yeah. But, I mean, I don't live and breathe every minute of every day thinking like, 'Oh, my God. We have to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.'

Only we were in The Cranberries. Only we know what it was like being in that crazy whirlwind of fame. We have children and spouses and lives, but there is only one Cranberries.

I wanted to be the fifth Beatle.

If you're 25, I could see how you could be tricked into thinking 'Benji' is my most successful record, but I've been doing this long before online magazines existed.

You know what I find truly amazing? I haven't had a hit record since the mid-'80s, and still people show up to pack up the places I'm playing.

As a kid, my pops did music, too. He was in a group called Lakeside back in the day.

I've not thought about the Stone Roses since we quit. How many LPs do I have to make to stop people talking about it?

Pony' was one of the biggest songs of my career. It was really hard to follow that up.

When I was in The Scream, I thought I'd be around for 30 years playing with The Scream guys. Who knew I was gonna get a call from Motley?

Music was never a priority for me, and I seriously do not know how I got so big.

I just want to play shows and write songs and make music. That's what feels good.

I wanted music to be a career. To base everything on fame to me seemed a dangerous thing - I wanted my foundations to be about improving as a performer and writer. No one could push me into going down that route of being a celebrity singer.

Making your band your career just seems like a pipe dream when it's not happening, and when it does, it seems so surreal.

If Rage gets inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, it'll be interesting to see who shows up.

I remember at one stage, I was like, 'Oh no. I'm going to be remembered as the 'Do You Mind' Girl.'

Coming back to America to pursue music is a dream.

The Strokes will never get anywhere after that first record.

When I was 18 in Cold Chisel, I didn't want to make it to 21. Who wants to be that old?

If Hank Williams had lived any longer, his name would have been one of the most hated in the land. Nashville would have dug him deep.