The light at the end of the tunnel could be you. I don't want to preach and say 'don't do it.' I just want everyone to know that I'm a survivor. I don't know if I would be sober if he wasn't sober or if the rest of the band wasn't sober.
- Steven Tyler - on substance abuse

These days it's almost like a lot of kids get into bands because they want to get rich and famous, but when we started this band that wasn't really part of it. I never envisioned what I was doing as part of a career. We weren't even aware of all the stuff that came with it. We just looked at the bands that we idolized - like the Yardbirds - and we were blown away by how they could play. All we wanted to do was play like that, to be a great band like that.
- Steven Tyler