A biography for Billy Squierhasn’t been written yet.
“Following the example of Bruce Springsteen or Bob Seger, I wanted to have a band, a sound and a personality, yet maintain a singular position of being able to control and motivate the flow of things.”
“I'd gone to New York at an early age, and I got beat up a little bit, emotionally. So I thought I'd go home and go to music school.”
“When a band retires or is In hiding, a void is created. The fans' need is still there.”
“I guess I could sit around and say, 'Gee, I wish I were playing at the Capital Centre tonight instead of Hammerjacks,' but it doesn't happen.”
“I'm basically a nice guy.”
“The whole British music scene of the mid-sixties had a pretty profound effect on me.”
“I was a mess... It's like 'Rock Me Tonite' is an MBA course on how a video can go really wrong.”
“It certainly is a positive thing... having a trademark.”
“My parents are proud of me now. However, when I first became involved with rock music, they were afraid.”
“I was always regarded as being better than ninety percent of the kids in school, but I was also something of a loner.”
“I think that 'Tell the Truth' is one of the best rock records ever made by me or anyone - I really do.”
“I'd always envisioned 'The Big Beat' leading off 'The Tale of the Tape' with the biggest drumbeat the rock world had ever heard. I knew I had something good... but I had no idea just how good.”
“I read one article that called me the 'latest pretender to the Led Zeppelin throne.'... If I saw the guy I'd knock him out. Because that's not true - I'm not pretending anything. If my records sell, it's because of me.”
“I was good at sports - basketball, football, tennis and dropped them all. At 16, I didn't care about sports anymore.”
“When you're on stage playing, when I plug in a guitar and chord, I'm 16 years old again. I feel the same excitement. It's very overwhelming. It engulfs you.”
“That's a dangerous combination, serious and rock 'n' roll. But yeah, I'm pretty serious. I've been at this a long time, and it takes a certain amount of seriousness.”
“I'm the only person I know who's never had a regular job.”
“Even in 1971, J. Geils was into the Stones. When I heard Geils, I realized that a lot of other people hearing them had never heard the Stones.”
“I started as a guitarist and couldn't find a decent singer, so I started providing my own vocals.”
“Piper took me one step further in that it got my first real recording contract but the band just didn't quite mature. It didn't break things open, but it got me to the door.”