135 Quotes by Mike McCready

We try to keep everything as in-house and small and as punk rock and do-it-yourself as we can. That's part of our way of doing business.

Tom Petty sent me this amazing 12-string Rickenbacker, and 'Not for You' was the first time I used it. It was like a Christmas present. One day, it just showed up at my door. I called him up and thanked him.

I'd love to have Jack White up. I think he's just a phenomenal guitar player. I'd love to see him play up close because he's got a killer voice, and he's a great lead player, too. That would be exciting to me.

People will steal ideas and put them into songs.

I'm sober now and very happy.

Whether it's Neil Young or Johnny Rotten, a band has to have someone like that: someone who you listen to and know that he believes what he says.

I think about trying to make it better. That's all I do when we play 'Even Flow' or anything off of 'Ten': 'Let's do this the best we can.'

I really liked Stevie Ray Vaughn, so hey - I tried to look like him.

We were accused of sounding like a couple of bands when we started out. Aerosmith was one.