Angus Young

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.

We've always been quite clear about how we want the songs to sound. If we can imagine the song being played at a party, and it gets people tapping their feet, then it's in.

With guitar riffs, we always look for something that 's a little bit special. We've always found that it is harder to come up with something that's nice and simple without getting something that's hard but easy.

I don't regard myself as a soloist. It's a color; I put it in for excitement. It's not great loss if a solo has to go. We've made songs without solos.

The misunderstanding out there is that we are a 'hard rock' band or a 'heavy metal' band. We've only ever been a rock n' roll band.

I'm constantly surprised when people say, 'But you haven't changed!' It's like saying, 'You've got a wheel. Now why don't you make it a square?'

We've been involved in a lot of albums that were really rushed at the end.

What we admit to is being a rock n' roll band. From day one, I was a big Chuck Berry fan.

By the way he carried himself, you really thought that Bon Scott was immortal.

I think we're just one of those bands that we know what we do best.

There's more to playing the guitar than being able to split your legs.

The playing is great. The traveling is tough. It's a hard thing.