Quotes by scottish authors

I think what AC/DC does best is play live. That's when everything comes together. Even after you make a studio album, when you go out and play live, that's when you learn what being in a band is all about. Angus Young

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We played by feel. We felt as though you could put us on any stage, and we would find a way to win that crowd over. We had that attitude: We can't fail. You might not like it right now, but you will. Angus Young

The places we'd play were full of bikers, brawlers, and drinkers coming off a day of work looking for a good time, and all these guys would be looking at me like Hannibal Lecter looking at his next victim. Angus Young

Australia is the place I know best. Angus Young

Best Know Australia Place

When we grew up, Australia was the land of opportunity; it really was. Angus Young

Opportunity Up Australia Grew Land Really

When you sign on and say, 'I'm gonna do this and that,' it's always good to say at the end of it, 'I've done all I said I would do.' Angus Young

Good You Say Sign Would Said Always End Done Gonna

The biggest tragedy we had early on was when Bon Scott died. Angus Young

Had Tragedy Scott Died Biggest Early

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. Angus Young

For myself, I keep writing. I've got to do something. I can't sit on my hands and do nothing. Angus Young

Myself Writing Sit Nothing Something Got Hands Keep

The guitar can go at a scream. It can yell at you. Angus Young

You Guitar Go Yell Scream

The mainstream media tend to lump everything together. To them, there's no difference between Madonna, the Rolling Stones, or whatever. Angus Young

Together Whatever Everything No Difference Madonna Tend Mainstream Mainstream Media Between Rolling Stones Rolling Stones Difference Them Media Lump

When we were younger and first starting out in Australia, we found that we sold more records by word of mouth because we were playing the bars, clubs, and small places and building a following. And as we got bigger, we still relied a lot on word of mouth. Angus Young

Word First Building Mouth Sold Out Following More Small Records Because Got Still Were Lot Australia Bigger Word-Of-Mouth Places Clubs Younger Bars Found Playing Starting

We don't go around the world counting ticket and record sales, nor do we glue our ears to the radio to hear what's trendy at the moment - we're not that type of band. Angus Young

World Band Type Our Ears Trendy Record Record Sales Counting Ticket Around Glue Go Hear Nor Sales Moment Radio

I never thought we'd be put into any sort of historical thing. When we started as a band, it was a day-to-day thing. You sort of played a gig, you got your money and thought, 'OK, where's tomorrow's gig?' You never thought you'd get past a summer. Angus Young

We've been involved in a lot of albums that were really rushed at the end. Angus Young

Rushed Involved Were Been Lot End Really Albums

Go back to the very beginning, when we first started playing in local pubs. We used to play Chuck Berry covers. Every now and then, we'd slip in one of our own songs, and we found that we were getting away with it - nobody seemed to know these were original tracks. Angus Young

First Beginning Own Every Local Back Our Chuck Chuck Berry Slip Berry Seemed Songs Nobody Know Tracks Go Were Covers Very Getting Then Used Original Found Now Now And Then Away Play Pubs Started Playing

In our hands, even the straightest lyric sounded shady. Angus Young

Lyric Our Shady Hands Even