No, I never envisioned the band lasting this long. But then again, I cant envision next week, even though I have a schedule.
I'm living proof that Hepatitis C can be contained and that ZZ Top cannot.
We were bunched up with Southern bands, and there's nothing wrong with that at all. We just wanted to make it clear we weren't a Southern band.
I'd go over to friends' houses and ask them to put on some Howlin' Wolf, and they wouldn't know what I was talking about. Then, when they would come over to my house, I'd play them some blues. Their parents wouldn't let them come back. The blues were still called 'race records' back then.
Even if I were to retire, I wouldn't shave. Everyone I know, including my wife, has never seen me without it.
They say you look ten pounds heavier on TV, but it makes your beard look longer.
The audience loves us! They buy out all our shows and really enjoy themselves but the press keeps right on bombin' us. We thought at first it was because our music was too Texan, maybe too different for East coast people to relate to. But anyone can relate to bein' drunk or missin' your woman.
I was 19 or 20 the last time I shaved.
You know how a dog and his owner start to look alike after a while? Well, that's like me and Billy.
People are all the time telling me stories: they named their son after me, or more than likely their dog. Or they got a tattoo.
I don't know if it was a single-blade or one of those straight-edge razors, but I used to play in bands that were, like, show bands and would play different clubs, and, in those days, I would go to the barber twice a week.
Every album has its own character.
We live for our concerts. We like a live appearance more than anything else about this business and it bothers us when we put so much into it and the critics bomb us.
People got to know us from hearing us live because there wasn't much publicity or radio airplay for a long time.
When we did 'Eliminator,' at the time, it was experimental for us. It obviously turned out real successful, but at the time, we caught crap about it from some of our old fans. They thought we were deserting our roots or our old style or whatever.
Actually, my mother turned me on to the blues. We had Lightnin' Hopkins as well as Elvis Presley records.
Being a musician in Texas had its own set of risks.
They sent us the script of 'Back to the Future III' and we wrote 'Doubleback' for it.
People shouldn't knock the synthesizer. It's an aid, and it depends on how you use it, just like any other instrument.
I think everybody would admit that we've got a sense of humor.
