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Here's a mini-interview with Steven Tyler TV Guide~
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With his big heart, rock-star flamboyance and utter unpredictability, new judge Steven Tyler may well be the new Paula Abdul. we asked the 62-yr. old, who's settling down after 4 decades on the road, whey he decided to judge American Idol~
Q Why did you sign up for this gig?
A I was working on my book ["Does The Noise In My Head Bother You"] set for release in 2011. The pressure got to me so much that I needed to go away to camp for a while [He spent 3 months in 2010 at the Betty Ford Center] for addiction to painkillers]. I told my manager, "I need to do something other than Areosmith. I need, like my father used to say, something to fall back on". I threw it out there that I would be willing to do Idol.
Q But you'd never watched the show?
A I'd seen a couple of episodes, and it angered me that [the contestants] were not doing it my way, ya' know? The way of [getting experience] in clubs. But then I realized that in today's world, if someone's good..if Joe Perry was good..where would we go?, and it's the TV internet.
Q do you have trouble sitting still at the judge's table?
A I gotta get up every 20 minutes to go pee. It's gotten me in trouble, the fact that I can't sit still. The exhilaration, the amount of adrenaline released when you're singing in front of 100,000 people. Remember, I just came off tour with Areosmith, so it's like I live on the tail of a comet. It's heard, being addicted to adrenaline. There's no rehab to go to for that.
Q What made you think you would be a good judge?
A I've been judged for 40 years, I mean, in school I was called a "Girlie Man". Today, they talk about bullying and abuse. But I held my own. Because I loved Janis Joplin. I loved The Stones, I loved The Kinks. And I represented what I know is good~
Deborah Starr Seibel, TV Guide writer~
TALK THIS WAY
With his big heart, rock-star flamboyance and utter unpredictability, new judge Steven Tyler may well be the new Paula Abdul. we asked the 62-yr. old, who's settling down after 4 decades on the road, whey he decided to judge American Idol~
Q Why did you sign up for this gig?
A I was working on my book ["Does The Noise In My Head Bother You"] set for release in 2011. The pressure got to me so much that I needed to go away to camp for a while [He spent 3 months in 2010 at the Betty Ford Center] for addiction to painkillers]. I told my manager, "I need to do something other than Areosmith. I need, like my father used to say, something to fall back on". I threw it out there that I would be willing to do Idol.
Q But you'd never watched the show?
A I'd seen a couple of episodes, and it angered me that [the contestants] were not doing it my way, ya' know? The way of [getting experience] in clubs. But then I realized that in today's world, if someone's good..if Joe Perry was good..where would we go?, and it's the TV internet.
Q do you have trouble sitting still at the judge's table?
A I gotta get up every 20 minutes to go pee. It's gotten me in trouble, the fact that I can't sit still. The exhilaration, the amount of adrenaline released when you're singing in front of 100,000 people. Remember, I just came off tour with Areosmith, so it's like I live on the tail of a comet. It's heard, being addicted to adrenaline. There's no rehab to go to for that.
Q What made you think you would be a good judge?
A I've been judged for 40 years, I mean, in school I was called a "Girlie Man". Today, they talk about bullying and abuse. But I held my own. Because I loved Janis Joplin. I loved The Stones, I loved The Kinks. And I represented what I know is good~
Deborah Starr Seibel, TV Guide writer~
