108 Quotes by Billy Squier

I just started exploring the guitar and seeing where it would take me.

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.

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

I used to be a big arena person. I thought more people equaled more intensity, but smaller places are a lot more intimate, I feel more connected with the audience.

We don't want to categorize our music. Some people say you need a definite musical direction to give a group visibility.

I mean, I would always like to play bigger places and play for more people.

Even in 1971, J. Geils was into the Stones. When I heard Geils, I realized that a lot of other people hearing them had never heard the Stones.

I don't make grandiose, prophetic statements in my songs.

I don't feel any great need to dress in funny-looking clothes and be recognized as a star, nor do I get that much satisfaction out of hanging around all the main clubs so people can see who I am.