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Billy Squier
American Musician
Born: May 12, 1950
Me Music People Think Try You
My music has been called heavy metal, but that's not an accurate description. I'd rather call it articulate rock because it expresses many feelings and emotions. Billy Squier
Music Heavy Metal Emotions Feelings Has-Been Rather Call Because Metal Rock Been Articulate Accurate Heavy Many Description Expresses
Life isn't that complicated on paper. It's made more complex by the day and age we live. Billy Squier
Life Day Age Complicated Made Live Paper Complex More Day And Age
I don't make grandiose, prophetic statements in my songs. Billy Squier
Statements Prophetic Songs Make Grandiose
Becoming a Top Ten artist has surprised me. Billy Squier
Me Top Top Ten Ten Becoming Surprised Artist
I think that 'Tell the Truth' is one of the best rock records ever made by me or anyone - I really do. Billy Squier
Truth Best Me Truth Is Made Think I Think Tell Records Rock Anyone Really Ever
I'm not gonna get it all right, but I take my victories, as small as they are. Billy Squier
Small Take Get Victories Gonna Right
I can put on 'Revolver' or 'Led Zeppelin II' and then 'Tell the Truth' and there is no quality gap. Billy Squier
Truth Quality I Can Tell Put Led Led Zeppelin Revolver Then Gap Zeppelin
I always loved music. I liked to go to church because I liked to sing the hymns. Billy Squier
Music Church Hymns Liked Sing Because Always Go Loved
Take 'The Stroke,' for instance. Plenty of people saw sexual connotations in that song but to me it was about what goes on in the business world. Billy Squier
Me Business People Song World Saw Plenty Stroke Sexual About Take Instance Goes Business World Connotations
We do things instinctively and not necessarily rationally. It's almost like we're being controlled by unseen forces, which is something I don't like. I've been making a real effort to try to find out what those forces are and get them out of my life. Billy Squier
Life Try My Life Those Out Find Something Rationally Unseen Almost Instinctively Like Forces Making Real Been Effort Get Controlled Being Which Them Things Necessarily
For me, music is just one road. I dont have a specific pursuit; generally. I just try to be more aware of myself. Billy Squier
Music Myself Me Try More Pursuit Generally Road Just Just One Aware Specific
I never try to create a different personality or anything like that. I'm not like David Bowie or somebody like that, who changes personas each year. Billy Squier
Personality Try Somebody Year Changes David David Bowie Never Like Bowie Different Anything Create Who Each Each Year
When I grew up, I had influences as diverse as Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix. Billy Squier
Jimi Hendrix Clapton Diverse Had Beck Eric Eric Clapton Up Influences Grew Richards Jeff Jeff Beck Hendrix Keith Richards
I tend to deal with things in a very serious manner. Billy Squier
Tend Deal Very Manner Serious Things
So everybody is trying to play like Eddie Van Halen. I think it's rubbish. I think Eddie's great, but everyone's trying to do what he does and it doesn't make for a lot of interesting music. Billy Squier
Music Great Think Rubbish Everybody Everyone I Think Van Van Halen He Like Halen Eddie Make Does Lot Trying Interesting Play
There's this raw, basic quality people expect in my music. Billy Squier
Music Quality People Raw Expect Basic
I do keep my eyes and ears open but I don't spend a lot of time looking at what other people are doing to see how I can fit in. Billy Squier
Time Eyes People Looking Other Spend Ears I Can See Open How Doing Lot Fit Keep
Music became so commercialized that I just didn't want anything to do with it. I renounced the industry before it became the fashionable thing to do. Billy Squier
Music Before Industry Became Just Want Anything Fashionable Thing
I'm basically a nice guy. Billy Squier
Nice Guy Nice Guy Basically
I don't know if anyone necessarily looks at themselves and what they do as being terribly significant one way or another. Billy Squier
Way Significant One-Way Know Looks Terribly Another Being Anyone Themselves Necessarily
Usually, when I'm having a good time, I don't think about it that much. I tend to become more reflective or introspective. Billy Squier
Time Good Good Time Become Think Introspective About Having More Having A Good Time Tend Reflective Much
I just started exploring the guitar and seeing where it would take me. Billy Squier
Me Guitar Would Seeing Take Just Where Exploring Started
I was always regarded as being better than ninety percent of the kids in school, but I was also something of a loner. Billy Squier
Better School Ninety Ninety Percent Kids Loner Percent Something Also Always Than Being Regarded
When I write the songs, I don't dictate how people should interpret them. Billy Squier
People I Write Write Songs How Dictate Them Should Interpret
I would never dispute the fact that music is my greatest love. Billy Squier
Love Music Would Fact Never Greatest Dispute
I always wanted to merge heavy metal with pop music, but I think that because I grew up more with pop, the Beatles and the Stones, I tended to affiliate myself with those projects. Billy Squier
Music Myself Heavy Metal Beatles Think I Think Projects Those More Merge Because Metal Always Up Stones Heavy Wanted Grew Pop Pop Music
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