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You should hear me on my own. It’s horrendous.
I saw Deep Purple live once and I paid money for it and I thought, Geez, this is ridiculous.’

— Angus Young

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I don't like to play above or below people's heads. Basically, I just like to get up in front of a crowd and rip it up.

I'm sick and tired of people saying that we put out 11 albums that sound exactly the same. In fact, we've put out 12 albums that sound exactly the same.

We're a rock group. We're noisy, rowdy, sensational and weird.

We want to appeal to everyone and get rich quick. We want to be millionaires. I've got this plan to buy Tasmania you see...

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