A biography for Billy Squierhasn’t been written yet.
“I was very humbled by the 'one-man Led Zeppelin' comparisons.”
“I'm always happy when I'm outside working in the company of nature.”
“I got out of the business because I went from being the biggest artist on my record label to someone they didn't even want to have around.”
“I support a lot of causes, but I do it privately. My profession shouldn't be a platform.”
“Most of us, whether we like it or not, we grow up and start having a different view of what we've done and who we are and where we're going.”
“When I grew up, I had influences as diverse as Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix.”
“At all points, you have to look at what you're doing and say, 'Do I want to do this?' 'Am I up to it?' 'Am I strong enough?'”
“I don't make grandiose, prophetic statements in my songs.”
“I tend to be very methodical for a variety of reasons. I'm more of a plodder.”
“I heard that I was off traveling around the world skiing in Argentina and things like that. I may have had a great life in somebody's mind, but all I was seeing was 9th Avenue while going from my house down to the studio in New York City.”
“I don't feel any great need to dress in funny-looking clothes and be recognized as a star, nor do I get that much satisfaction out of hanging around all the main clubs so people can see who I am.”
“Life isn't that complicated on paper. It's made more complex by the day and age we live.”
“I can put on 'Revolver' or 'Led Zeppelin II' and then 'Tell the Truth' and there is no quality gap.”
“You can't just say, 'God help me,' and he's there. It takes a little bit more work on the part of the individual, I think.”
“I try to remember our relative insignificance on this planet and that these seemingly important things do not mean quite as much as we think they do.”
“What I do is a bit broader in scope than a heavy metal band like Iron Maiden, Motorhead, ACDC and so on.”
“There are a lot of cases where I'm using, if not an acoustic guitar, an electric guitar more as a rhythm instrument. Rather than blasting away, I use it to create more of an acoustic feel.”
“I do keep my eyes and ears open but I don't spend a lot of time looking at what other people are doing to see how I can fit in.”