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As far as we're concerned, we all have opinions on different things, but just because you're in a group and you can broadcast them doesn't mean your opinion is right. - Steve Clark

We use to catch hell in clubs from people who were into punk.  They wanted us to be just like them, but we wanted to rock. - Steve Clark

No matter how well a band performs, if its songs are a pile of junk, the group might as well not put the effort into it. - Steve Clark

Our families and friends all understand what we're going through.  We try to have time for everything and everyone, but sometimes that's just impossible.  With our success comes a lot of extra responsibility, and we have to be prepared to make sacrifices for the band.   Right now Def Leppard comes before anything else;  that's the way it has to be, whether we like it or not.  We're all like brothers in this band, and we owe each other the time and effort required to keep us on top. - Steve Clark

We did spend a great deal of time together while making this album (Pyromania).  We spent a month in Ireland during preproduction without anyone or anything except our instruments and our amps.  And believe me, a situation like that can really test your friendship.  It's even tougher than being on the road where you have plenty of diversions to occupy your time.  When you're thrown together in close quarters with only each other to deal with, your really find out what everyone's like.  We came through that with flying colours, and that cohesiveness carried over to the recording session as well. - Steve Clark

We're all mates but me and Sav play golf together and fall into bars together.  Steve Clark and Phil Collen are the same way.   We call them the Terror Twins because you just can't keep them apart; they're both nutters, like a couple of small dogs. - Joe Elliott

I don't think we'll ever get too theatrical on stage.  I can't see us using exotic props or fancy stages. Of   course, we want to put on the best show possible, but we want the music to be the star of the show, not the stage set - Steve Clark

We're actually a pretty conventional bunch once we get back home. I dont think the attention we've received because of our success has changed us that  much.  We're still the same guys we were a few years back.- Steve Clark

Maybe we don't have to worry abou the future quite as much, but in a way there's more pressure on us than ever before. Now, everyone knows who we are and what we're capable of doing.  They won't accept less than superlative effort. - Steve Clark

My dad asked me what I wanted for christmas and I said a guitar.. He said he'd buy it for me on the condition that I learn it properly. He made take classical guitar lessons for a year.  But when I heard Jimmy page on 'How many more times',  I knew that's what I wanted to do.    Before that i knew a few chords but I didn't know what direction I wanted to take.   When I heard that riff, I said, that's it.

More to Come...