I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
I wrote a song with Kara DioGuardi called 'What If,' and it's a really beautiful song. It's kind of like a rock ballad. There's a lot of guitars and drums in it.
We're fans of stuff like Maiden, but I think we generally get it from weirder places. For me, the Eagles' 'Hotel California' represents one of the most brilliant harmony approaches to music. Boston did it very well, too.
Bohemian Rhapsody' is fantastic. I like to play it, it's beautiful.
The power chords in 'Come Sail Away' were super heavy to me as a kid. Metal? No. Hard rock? At times, for sure.
I wanna write a classic metal record, a classic rock record, in 2013.
I'd like to write a big rock anthem again. I just need to listen to Korn, and then I might get the idea of how to do it.
They're great songs. How many bands wouldn't like to have a 'Freebird' or 'Sweet Home Alabama' to play every night?
I didn't write 'Enter Sandman.'
There is no real way to categorize McLean's 'American Pie' for its hybrid of modern poetry and folk ballad, beer-hall chant and high-art rock.
'Mama I'm Coming Home' is one song that I think is incredible. One of his best songs ever written. Lemmy wrote the lyrics to that.
'Purple Rain' is probably the best soundtrack.
I like Joan Jett's 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll' because it's got a nice low singing voice.
I want to be there for the last note of 'Freebird' when that happens.
I have to think that 'Nessa Dorma' is the greatest rock ballad that's never been recorded as such.
We started playing 'Free Bird' in clubs, and initially, it was just a slow ballad.
I'm a big fan of 'Dead and Bloated,' for sure.
'Freebird' is an anthem, and 'Simple Man' is a very nice song.
