I still have people saying to me, 'Oh, you're still together?' They don't realize Leppard's been around this whole time, because people just don't get to hear us.

Being a songwriter, singer, and a great part of a unit is more important than being Joe Guitar Hero.

Def Leppard is a rock band that can sing.

If there is any justice in the world, then eighties rock will never again serve to blight humanity as it did in that dark decade!

I never had a real job either. I sort of fell out of school and ended up playing guitar.

I like my guitars to be kinda worn. I don't like it when they're all shiny.

I actually knew I was going to be perfect for Def Leppard, sorry I hate to say that but I knew it.

The nature of touring is packaging acts together that have strong catalogues of music. It's about making sure that it's a winning combination. It's really about giving people value for their money.

I don't know how anyone could vote Republican. It's so obvious that their only interest is keeping the rich rich.

The Internet has definitely opened doors and leveled the playing field for musicians.

The mind dies, but its thoughts live on. The heart perishes, but its experiences live on. The body expires, but its spirit lives on.

Money is just an idea.

Only the exceptional paths bring exceptional glories!

Vexed sailors curse the rain For which poor shepherds prayed in vain.

Elegance is very dangerous. It's like TNT. A little goes a long way.

Sometimes I see myself reflected too closely in other men for comfort, and then I have an enormous wish to believe in the saints, in heroic virtue.

Every year my family would pile into the car for our vacation and drive 80 trillion miles just to prove we couldn't get along in any setting.

Putting forth the effort to succeed is (tan.ta.mount), tantamount to your success.

Wind moving through grass so that the grass quivers. This moves me with an emotion I don't even understand.

Playing Shakespeare requires technique. You don't play a Bach toccata by getting in the mood.