Angus Young
Hearing a lot of early rock n' roll records from a very young age was a huge influence.
With seven boys and one sister, there was always a lot of music in the house. A few of my brothers were playing instruments, so it was from hearing that, coupled with discovering early rock, which triggered me to pick up a guitar and try to pick out the notes.
You have to put a market value on what you do.
The biggest tragedy we had early on was when Bon Scott died.
We've been in front of really big audiences, and people have said there's a couple of hundred thousand people out there, but I've never really noticed.
When we were younger, playing a bar or a club, we did what we did to get as many people to like what we were doing. I wanted the person in the back of the room to like it as much as the ones in the front. That's how I've always looked at it.
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.
For myself, I keep writing. I've got to do something. I can't sit on my hands and do nothing.
The guitar can go at a scream. It can yell at you.
I've got the blues in my heart, and the devil in my fingers.Collection: Heart
The best AC/DC cover I've heard? There was an all-girl cover band in America, the Hell's Belles.Collection: Girl
It's just rock and roll. A lot of times we get criticized for it. A lot of music papers come out with: 'When are they going to stop playing these three chords?' If you believe you shouldn't play just three chords it's pretty silly on their part. To us, the simpler a song is, the better, 'cause it's more in line with what the person on the street is.Collection: Song
I don't like to play above or below people's heads. Basically, I just like to get up in front of a crowd and rip it up.Collection: Rip
Once you're on stage you can't go back, even when things go wrong people expect you to stay there and entertain them. When all else fails, you've got to try tap dancing.Collection: People
We want to appeal to everyone and get rich quick. We want to be millionaires. I've got this plan to buy Tasmania you see.Collection: Tasmania
Some people say we have thirteen albums that all sound the same. That isn't true. We have fourteen albums that all sound the same.Collection: People
Oh, we've had our share of hotels bein' smashed and all, but that was a long time ago. You get lousy room service... I mean, there's no use throwin' a TV set out the window for the sake of throwin' a TV set out the window. But if you get a lousy picture then you have an excuseCollection: Mean
I love the music from Nat King Cole, BB King, Albert King... When I think of it, I wouldn't mind being renamed Angus King.Collection: Kings
With AC/DC, we've always started with rock, and we've just kept it going. The critic's view is always , 'They just made an album and it's the same as the last one.' I'll have fifteen of them, anytime.Collection: Rocks
You should hear me on my own. It's horrendous.I saw Deep Purple live once and I paid money for it and I thought, Geez, this is ridiculous.Collection: Purple