Joe Elliott
Joe Elliott
Joseph Thomas "Joe" Elliottis an English singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Def Leppard. He has also been the lead singer of the David Bowie tribute band the Cybernauts and the Mott the Hoople cover band Down 'n' Outz. He is one of the two original members of Def Leppard and one of the three to perform on every Def Leppard album...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth1 August 1959
car driving forget-you
If you're driving, don't forget your car.
years mind-blowing stones
I saw the Stones three years ago at the Wiltern Theater in L.A. and that was mind blowing.
beer play want
The most frustrating thing for musicians who want to play stuff from the new album is when everyone goes out to buy a beer.
song fall years
That's why 60,000 people go ape when the Stones play 'Satisfaction.' The songs are part of their legacy, and you fall back in love with them over the years.
song rocks rock-song
There were incredibly few rock songs making it out to the airwaves until the '80s came along.
hate thinking fake
With Los Angeles, it's kind of a love-hate thing. Sometimes I think it's marvelous, and sometimes I think it's a dump. It's so fake and I can't deal with how fake it is.
soccer football thinking
As much as I am a huge soccer fan, music just kills it when it comes to importance. I could go to a desert island without a football and survive happily, but if I had to go without music, I think I'd end up killing myself. It fuels my soul. It always has.
song writing keys
When we try to write a pop song, we go for standard pop arrangements, even to the point where we will go to the key change at the end, which is really cheesy.
song together rubbish
Any idiot who knows five chords can bang a song together. But it's probably going to be rubbish.
breaths
The Vatican takes your breath away.
things-in-life get-better want
You see mock death in movies every day, but when it really happens, you're not used to it. Most things in life, you get better the more that you do them, but this is one of those things you don't really want to get any better at.
two america rocks
Every town in America had at least one, two, or maybe three radio stations that played rock 24 hours a day. In England, we had a rock specialist on for two hours a week.
long majority feels-right
You don't just go with a majority because it's the majority. You go with it because it's right. If it feels right, do it. As long as it's legal.
song horse crazy
Even Crazy Horses is a good song, by the Osmonds. I've known many bands who have covered that. It's just a great song. I bought it in a brown, paper bag because I didn't want anyone to know I had it.