"I'm just doing a solo record 'cause I think it's f**kin' kinky to go write a song with Johnny Depp," Tyler tells Billboard. "I think it's f**kin' ridiculous to go write a bunch of songs I started five years ago and never finished. It feeds my passion. I like traveling all over the place and writing songs and seeing what we catch. It's kind of like driftnetting for songs, right.

"But, no, the band's not breaking up. Me doing a solo record doesn't mean the band isn't working on a record -- but I get that in the press one has to hear that from one lead singer of one Aerosmith."