Eric Church Quotes

I had found The Runaways and I had seen Foxes, and I decided I was just gonna become a juvie, like Cherie Currie.

AC/DC's 'Highway to Hell' is the greatest meshing of vocal, guitar, and content I've ever heard. That's what I aspire to.

I was a big Who fan when I was 15, 16 years old, and I used to go watch them play at the Marquee Club in London as often as I could.

Some of the wise boys who say my music is loud, blatant and that's all should see the faces of the kids who have driven a hundred miles through the snow to see the band... to stand in front of the bandstand in an ecstasy all their own.

In the real world, people just get on with their lives. And that's where AC/DC come in.

I'm a veteran of Ozzfest.

AC/DC 'Back in Black' - Those were my punk rock days.

I get my inspiration from a lot of bands actually. I really like AC/DC, Nirvana, Led Zeppelin and new bands. I like The Pretty Reckless.

My first concert I can remember was AC/DC when I was 9 years old, in Paris. It's a good first one!

I immersed myself in books and rock 'n' roll, the adolescent salvation.

There's a young man in a T-shirt listening to a rock and roll station. He's got greasy hair, greasy smile, he says, Lord this must be my destination.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were really great. I saw them live in the '90s; they were really, really good. The music is great, and the musicians are amazing.

British rock & roll became the gospel for American kids like me.

'Europe '72' came out right around the time that I started going to see the Dead, and it had a huge impression on me.

I thank God for all the independent hard rock that I grew up with.

I think there are certain genres of music where people are allowed to go on, but there is something about rock and roll, I guess because it originally started out to be a teenage rebellion.

Where I lived, on Long Island, you had the radio stations that always played Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath and AC/DC and all that. I grew up on all that stuff.

I just want people to leave a show and go, 'That was the most rockin' show I've ever seen.' I hope people can just roll with me a little bit - you know?

I listen to older music like AC/DC.

I was only listening to rock music, burning joss sticks in my bedroom, wanting only to be a disc jockey, and watching six hours of television a night - the worst kind of teenage alienation.

AC/DC will never retire; Angus will never retire.

Oh my God, Guns N' Roses - it's like, jeez, that's what made me move out to Los Angeles. 'Welcome to the Jungle,' you know - it's been a huge inspiration for me.

There's nothing like getting out there playing a great show with Skynyrd and seeing people love this music.

Everything I ever learned about rock, I learned from Led Zeppelin.

AC/DC is a tough gig for everyone in the band.