Joey Kramer Quotes

The roads in Boston suck. Highways included. There are potholes and bumps all over the place. It’s not a fun place to drive.

I’m really into the love thing. When I relate to my guys in the band, I tell them where it’s at, and if I feel like telling somebody that I love them, I do.

I was a big Pretty Purdie fan. I have heavy rhythm and blues influences, and that is what I bring to the table with Aerosmith.

I’ve always been a coffee-lovin’ fool, from the time I was a kid.

My playing is all about feel. I’m completely self taught: I never took any lessons or anything.

Everybody is always raving about the Rolling Stones, saying, ‘The Stones this, and the Stones that.’ I’ve never cared for the Stones. They never had anything to offer me musically, especially in the drumming department.

Boston will always be home to me.

I’m not the kind of guy who hems and haws about how he feels.

Good songs are what a good band is all about. When you have a good song that stands up to the test of the time, that is the most important thing.

I’m not one of those celebrities that will just put my name on something and expect to get a check.

In my opinion, Slash is probably one of the last of the iconic guitar players carrying the torch of what it’s really all about.

I have been through a lot of ups and downs in life, both personally and professionally, and I discovered over the years that I have a lot of fortitude, and I got that from my dad.

Call it whatever you want, whether it’s hip-hop or cult music or pop music, but to me, it’s all pretty disposable. I don’t think that the music of Nikki Minaj or Justin Beiber is going to be played on the radio twenty-five years from now.

There’s really no money per se to be made on records. We used to make a lot of money on records. Now, all of our money is made on touring.

I learned from my dad that there may come a time in life when you need to slow down and take a breath and deal with things, and that’s OK, but whatever you do… Don’t stop, and don’t quit. Even if it’s hard, you can’t be lazy.

The coffee’s good in Italy. It’s good in Spain. It’s good in Istanbul. The coffee’s not so good in America.

A band is as solid as its drummer is.