Angus Young Quotes

• I'm sick to death of people saying we've made 11 albums that sounds exactly the same, Infact, we've made 12 albums that sound exactly the same.

  Angus Young

  Humor, People, Sick

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• I've got the blues in my heart, and the devil in my fingers.

  Angus Young

  Heart, Devil, My Heart

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• The best AC/DC cover I've heard? There was an all-girl cover band in America, the Hell's Belles.

  Angus Young

  Girl, America, Band

  Blender magazine, 2003.

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• I just go where the guitar takes me.

  Angus Young

  Guitar, Take Me

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• Every guitarist I would cross paths with would tell me that I should have a flashy guitar, whatever the latest fashion model was, and I used to say, 'Why? Mine works, doesn't it? It's a piece of wood and six strings, and it works.'

  Angus Young

  Fashion, Guitar, Should Have

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• It's just rock and roll. A lot of times we get criticized for it. A lot of music papers come out with: 'When are they going to stop playing these three chords?' If you believe you shouldn't play just three chords it's pretty silly on their part. To us, the simpler a song is, the better, 'cause it's more in line with what the person on the street is.

  Angus Young

  Song, Believe, Silly

  Atlanta Gazette Interview, May 1979.

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• I don't like to play above or below people's heads. Basically, I just like to get up in front of a crowd and rip it up.

  Angus Young

  Rip, Play, People

  Interview with NME magazine, October 1976.

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• Once you're on stage you can't go back, even when things go wrong people expect you to stay there and entertain them. When all else fails, you've got to try tap dancing.

  Angus Young

  People, Dancing, Trying

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• Yes, we're still five little people with a noisy attitude.

  Angus Young

  Attitude, People, Littles

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• There are all sorts of cute puppy dogs, but it doesn't stop people from going out and buying Dobermans.

  Angus Young

  Cute, Dog, People

  "AC/DC Keep Stiff Upper Lip In Classic Hard-Rock Mold" by Brian Hiatt, www.mtv.com. March 07, 2000.

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• Actually, because I'm so small, when I strike an open A chord I get physically thrown to the left, and when I play an open G chord I go right. That's how hard I play, and that's how a lot of my stage act has come about. I just go where the guitar takes me.

  Angus Young

  Play, Guitar, Chords

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• Some people say we have thirteen albums that all sound the same. That isn't true. We have fourteen albums that all sound the same.

  Angus Young

  People, Sound, Albums

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• We want to appeal to everyone and get rich quick. We want to be millionaires. I've got this plan to buy Tasmania you see.

  Angus Young

  Tasmania, Want, Rich

  Interview with Sounds magazine, June 1976.

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• When I'm on stage the savage in me is released. It's like going back to being a cave man. It takes me six hours to come down after a show.

  Angus Young

  Men, Caves, Rock N Roll

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• Soloing was pretty easy for me because it was probably the first thing I've ever done.

  Angus Young

  Done, Firsts, Easy

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• A lot of people say, 'AC/DC - that's the band with the little guy who runs around in school shorts!'

  Angus Young

  Running, School, People

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• My part in AC/DC is just adding the color on top.

  Angus Young

  Color

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• Oh, we've had our share of hotels bein' smashed and all, but that was a long time ago. You get lousy room service... I mean, there's no use throwin' a TV set out the window for the sake of throwin' a TV set out the window. But if you get a lousy picture then you have an excuse

  Angus Young

  Mean, Long, Room Service

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• With AC/DC, we've always started with rock, and we've just kept it going. The critic's view is always , 'They just made an album and it's the same as the last one.' I'll have fifteen of them, anytime.

  Angus Young

  Rocks, Views, Fifteen

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• I love the music from Nat King Cole, BB King, Albert King... When I think of it, I wouldn't mind being renamed Angus King.

  Angus Young

  Kings, Thinking, Mind

  "Quotes". Angus Young Trivia page, www.rocklopedia.com. August 28, 2008.

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• I saw Deep Purple live once and I paid money for it and I thought, 'Geez, this is ridiculous.' You just see through all that sort of stuff. I never liked those Deep Purples or those sort of things. I always hated it. I always thought it was a poor man's Led Zeppelin.

  Angus Young

  Men, Purple, Zeppelins

  "Angus Young of AC/DC Opens Up in His First Guitar World Interview from 1984". Interview with Steven Rosen, www.guitarworld.com. August 23, 2011.

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• I honestly believe that you have to be able to play the guitar hard if you want to be able to get the whole spectrum of tones out of it. Since I normally play so hard, when I start picking a bit softer my tone changes completely, and that's really useful sometimes for creating a more laid-back feel.

  Angus Young

  Believe, Guitar, Play

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• I remember one of the first gigs I played with that amp was at a local church. They wanted someone to fill in with the guitar and my friend say, 'Ah, he can play.' And so I dragged the amplifier down and started playing and everybody started yelling 'turn it down!'

  Angus Young

  Yelling, Guitar, Play

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• I never bothered with cars. I was probably one of the few kids in school who didn't run around with hot-rod magazines. As I would be at home fiddling with my guitar, they would be fiddling with a car engine.

  Angus Young

  Running, School, Kids

  "Q & A With Angus Young of AC/DC". Interview with Aidin Vaziri, www.sfgate.com. September 17, 2000.

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• You should hear me on my own. It's horrendous.I saw Deep Purple live once and I paid money for it and I thought, Geez, this is ridiculous.

  Angus Young

  Purple, Zeppelins, Saws

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