Phil Collen Quotations

That was the most exciting period, I think: at first, when you get the success on that really large scale.

We'd played for years to half-empty clubs in England.

Every night is a joy; you get an hour and a half of all these hits. It's a lot of fun.

The big thing that everyone forgets, you're famous and on TV and everything, but I think there's something very rewarding to be able to write a song, record it, and have it turn out as you heard it in your head, or even better.

The reason for doing this now is the fact that so many people aren't aware of who we are. I think the record label more than anyone else wanted to re-introduce Def Leppard to the world,

You have to follow suit. The market is more important than the actual product, as with anything. If you don't go along with that, then you just get left behind.

Joe has been wanting to do this for 20 or so years,

You take any family or any five people and that's what it's about. It's about births, deaths, marriages, divorces. The one thing that we can rely on is each other, and that makes it really special.

It's the teenagers that really make something really special. When you've got that on your side, then it works on a bigger scale.

If you're perceived like a bunch of old grandpas, no one will buy into that,

But you shouldn't forget what it's about - for a musician, it is about self-expression. If you can make it work in a band format, it's incredible.

A lot of people go, "I'm influenced by the Beatles and Zeppelin," and they just sound like a karaoke.

It's great to get insight into the era of 80's rock-n-roll via a treasure trove of photographs skillfully captured in front of Mark Weiss' camera lens. This event is the perfect time capsule for Mark's work finally being released upon the masses in 2012.