Billy Squier

Most of us, whether we like it or not, we grow up and start having a different view of what we've done and who we are and where we're going. ”

I never try to create a different personality or anything like that. I'm not like David Bowie or somebody like that, who changes personas each year. ”

I think if you're going to a concert and spending $15 for a ticket for you and your girlfriend, then you're going to buy a T-shirt, and you end up spending close to $100 a night, what with gas in the car and anything else to get you in the spirit of things, I just think that people deserve their money's worth. ”

I guess I could sit around and say, 'Gee, I wish I were playing at the Capital Centre tonight instead of Hammerjacks,' but it doesn't happen. ”

I was always regarded as being better than ninety percent of the kids in school, but I was also something of a loner. ”

I try to remember our relative insignificance on this planet and that these seemingly important things do not mean quite as much as we think they do. ”

I find the idea of doing what you do over and over again to be incredibly boring. ”

My music has been called heavy metal, but that's not an accurate description. I'd rather call it articulate rock because it expresses many feelings and emotions. ”

My parents are proud of me now. However, when I first became involved with rock music, they were afraid. ”

Seeing a young band, seeing that hunger and the raw spontaneity, is good for me. It keeps me young, so to speak. ”