Vinnie Paul Quotes

I looked at Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the boys up there thinking, I want to be that.

I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.

What makes the Stones' arrogance so divine is that we all believe that long ago and far away they weren't rich and famous but poor and struggling, just like us.

The only band that we have never played with but have always wanted to is the Rolling Stones.

That Mick Jagger, I feel sorry for him. After all these years he still can't get no satisfaction.

You know, with bands like Kiss back out on the road and Aerosmith coming out, we are going to be a band like that, in the sense that it's a big rock band.

These days, the Rolling Stones still have an edge, but that fangs-out ferocity has mellowed considerably.

The Rolling Stones... The Rolling Stones have a reflection to my music; I wouldn't deny it. I think that's honest.

There's very few rock & roll bands. There's rock bands, there's sort of metal bands, there's whatever, but there's no rock & roll bands - there's the Stones and us.

Metallica is a big, huge influence and inspiration. That's who Babymetal aspires to become some day.

I wanted to be Paul Stanley or Gene Simmons.

We started out to finish groups like U2 - that was what it was all about.

There's nobody like us in rock history. I'm not saying we're the greatest band in the world - that would be ridiculous.

The only people playing the roles of classic rock stars are hip-hop artists, now. Kanye's stage persona, and the way he approaches making albums, and the way he wants to be better than everyone else? That's reminiscent of Freddie Mercury. That's reminiscent of the Beatles.

Look at Paul McCartney, look at Elton John. They're jealous of Justin Timberlake. I'm sure they were jealous of me when I was in my imperial phase.

Having loved the Stones all the time I was growing up, I wasn't about to see them go and split up. It got very close to it in the 80s, when Mick thought that Keith hated him and vice versa.

I've always wanted to be mentioned in the same sentence or at the same time that you say Quincy Jones or you say Stevie Wonder. I never thought that could possibly ever happen.

The Stones are great and always have been. Jagger's lyrics are just amazing. Right on the ball every time.

I honestly grew up listening to the Stones more. But that doesn't mean I don't love the Beatles.

We wanted to be America's Rolling Stones, to be the biggest band over here.

I never wanted to be Keith Richards or Jimmy Page.

It's been an incredible experience, playing with Twisted Sister, Stone Sour, Avenged Sevenfold, jamming with Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, and the list goes on and on and on.

Iron Maiden and Metallica are bigger now than they ever were. They're playing stadiums across the entire planet. Even though it seems like their heyday was back when MTV and the radio played their songs all the time, the truth is that they've gotten bigger now because they play all the time, and people know they're going to get a great show.

I joined a metal band with only guys when I was 17.

Elvis may have been my first hero, but you couldn't relate to him.