Joe Perry Quotes

Secretly, or maybe not so secretly, I've always wanted to be a rock star.

I wasn't trying to be famous when I started making music. I mean, that wasn't the first thing I wanted.

That's my dream - to play Coachella... not as a guest but as me!

Growing up, my imagined life as a musician was something along the lines of me lounging in a Learjet en route to a swelling outdoor amphitheatre on a dazzling summer's eve.

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

I knew what I wanted to be, but I didn't know exactly how to get there. I thought you move to Nashville, you sing downtown, and someone discovers you, and you become a country music star. I had no idea.

Before I was on 'Idol,' I just sat at home and played video games all day long. Now I get to travel and work towards my dream. It's the best feeling ever.

I guess I'm happy that I'm getting the attention. Otherwise, I'd just be playing in a local bar in front of my family members, and I'm sure they'd get sick of that in no time.

So you know, my plan was that I was going to make records, and be a rock star. And that's really what I wanted to do. And I sang from the time I was very young.

Growing up, I always wanted to be a singer, and I've done that.

I never forget the first time I was on 'Top of the Pops', my bass player said: 'You've made it!' I did used to think, when I was younger, that I'd be on there one day.

It's fun when you've opened for someone at a venue, and then years go by, and now you're headlining.

I'm tryna be the biggest artist I could be.

Every time you achieve something, you want to go after what's next. I'd like to see my own shows grow and someday be a headliner, fill up stadiums.

I always thought: 'Oh my God, we are going to be famous, we're going to be huge.' We were 21, 22 years old.

What I always wanted to do was to be a rock star.

I spent two years playing open mic nights in Brighton, and I heard more and more people saying, 'You should give it a go in London.'

I grew up always wanting to be a part of 'Idol,' and I never thought I would make it as far as I did. I was really lucky, and it's given me the opportunities that I have now.

All these interviews I'm doing - this is the kind of stuff that I was dreaming about doing when I was younger. I was praying for people to want to write about me. I wanted people to hear my music. I wanted to perform. I wanted to be on billboards.

Sometimes it feels like I've been in the business forever, but then other times, it feels like kind of a flash. Growing up, all I wanted to do was sing. All I wanted to do was get on a bus and ride around the country and sing for people and be a household name.

I always wanted to be a rock star. That was my childhood dream. That's what I told everybody I was going to be when I grew up.

I wanted to be famous; I wanted to perform. Those things I really, really wanted more than anything else.

I was onstage with Menudo since I was 12 years old. To us, the most successful one was the guy with the most fans. If you moved your hips and the girls screamed, you were getting it right. Who wouldn't want to be like Elvis or Jim Morrison!

I certainly wanted my name in lights. I wanted my name on a marquee. I wanted recognition on Broadway.

Would I like to be the lead girl? Who wouldn't?