Quotes by Steven Tyler

About Steven Tyler:

Steven Tyler is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and former television music competition judge, best known as the lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith, in which he also plays the harmonica, and occasional piano and percussion. He is known as the "Demon of Screamin'" due to his high screams and his wide vocal range. He is also known for his on-stage acrobatics. During his high-energy performances, Tyler usually dresses in bright, colorful outfits with his trademark scarves hanging from his microphone stand.
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Guitar players never listen to lead singers.

Steven Tyler

Through song you learn, and I think school systems need to learn that. Through the rhythm you can learn better, through melody, with something you need to learn; it's a vehicle for it.

Steven Tyler

I like to come up with the melodies, and I have a lot of ideas as far as structure goes.

Steven Tyler

I'm really just a country boy.

Steven Tyler

Nothing is ever a barometer. Nothing is ever for sure except that this band has been around forever.

Steven Tyler

I had been on the junior Olympic team in high school for trampoline; I could do twenty-six back flips in a row.

Steven Tyler

I grew up with the smell of the lake and the feeling of the woods.

Steven Tyler

I have a big ego, but I don't buy into it. I can't live off the ego. It's an honor that I get to be that guy onstage. It's not something I earned.

Steven Tyler

I had gotten one of the first Korg synthesizers with 300 presets.

Steven Tyler

My toes are all squished. During an operation, they had to take nerves out.

Steven Tyler

Songwriting is a bitch. And then it has puppies

Steven Tyler

They've been stepping on my toes for years. It's just a reason to get new boots.

Steven Tyler

You'd be surprised how expensive it costs to look this cheap.

Steven Tyler

But you've reached them, and I've always wanted to reach people. I'm the first one to say I love my fans because they love that I took a chance.

Steven Tyler

Now I'm way into suits that I can put on whether I took a shower or not, and wear barefoot and paint my toes black or whatever color the suit is. It's very cool to wear suits like that. Roll up the sleeves and just say yee-haw.

Steven Tyler

My wife and I had decided not to let anybody take pictures of our home because it was just the last place on earth we had that was unscathed. But people have climbed over the fence; they've taken aerial shots. They've gotten my address and put it on ...

Steven Tyler

We may need to change the way we think. As in Israel, I think there should be a mandatory draft, where you go away for the service of your country for three years.

Steven Tyler

Why not share with the world the way it is and tell them my feelings about my cat, and how I played with my kids, and how addicted to Christmas time I am, and the smell of pine needles and hearing my kids laugh.

Steven Tyler

If you take all that I've learned from Joe and all that Joe has learned from me, and you throw all that into a song, not only are you using the gifts that God gave you, but also all the experiences you've had.

Steven Tyler

Great melody over great riffs is, to me, the secret of it all.

Steven Tyler

As you know, I'm androgynous. I can wear a jacket that most guys wouldn't put on. But you make it in guys' sizes, and suddenly they're wearing them. I think styles should get back to getting people to wear things that look so good that they don't car...

Steven Tyler

Author Bio

  • NameSteven Tyler
  • DescriptionAmerican singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
  • AliasesSteven Victor Tallarico
  • BornMarch 26, 1948
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger; Banjoist; Singer-songwriter; Composer