Angus Young

I've always been someone who thought it didn't matter where you were playing. I always shot for the best you could get. It never bothered me if it was small or it was big.

I think that's what it is with rock music. It helps you hang tough, I guess.

I never thought of us as a punk band, a metal band, or a new wave band. Just as a band band.

I think what AC/DC does best is play live. That's when everything comes together. Even after you make a studio album, when you go out and play live, that's when you learn what being in a band is all about.

The school suit allows me to be an extrovert. Basically, I'm the opposite of what I am on stage.

I can't deny that Eric Clapton's and Eddie Van Halen's lead stuff has influenced a stack of people, but for me, it's the rhythm thing that's way more impressive and important to a band.

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

I plug into a lot of old rock & roll. Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis - I love all that stuff.

Key to longevity... drinking embalming fluid every year.

You've got to love what you do. You've got to like doing it, because it is a lot of your life.

I don't know how many bands I saw who would try to wreck a hotel room, but I never wrecked a hotel room in my life! If I'm gonna sit there and throw a TV out the window... if it's a good TV, maybe I should just take it home.

In the real world, people just get on with their lives. And that's where AC/DC come in.