Billy Squier

I don't have to forsake my career as a musician. I know how to write songs - that's not going to leave me. But I think it's good to explore some other avenues. ”

I support a lot of causes, but I do it privately. My profession shouldn't be a platform. ”

I'm the only person I know who's never had a regular job. ”

I used to be a big arena person. I thought more people equaled more intensity, but smaller places are a lot more intimate, I feel more connected with the audience. ”

I mean, I would always like to play bigger places and play for more people. ”

I don't like pictures of me showing my hair sticking up in back. ”

I had great trouble believing in myself, so I didn't believe in my success - I didn't enjoy my success, which I thought was insane. ”

I'm the middle-class kid; it doesn't sound exciting, but a lot of my audience is middle-class kids. ”

When I was a kid, I was interested in folk music. But rock represented power, and I became the best rock guitarist in my school. ”

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