Tommy Shaw Quotes

I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds.

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I feel like I have the greatest life an artist could dream of.

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I'm not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because I'm too rough on instruments.

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Les Pauls work out real well for me because I'll beat the hell out of them and they'll still work. The only trouble with them is finding good ones.

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When it stops being fun, stop.

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I like being on the road, living in hotels. While I've got a real nice house, I go crazy when I'm there.

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By the time I did that third solo album, I'd finally learned how to do it, but I'd also learned that I liked being in a band.

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When I was about 3, my grandfather used to give me and my sister a nickel to sit out on the front porch with him and sing songs.

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There were some older guitarists on my side of town, and I got to know many of them.

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On acoustic guitar I tend to stay in the key of D for some reason. On electric guitar I keep basic C, G, D, and A. The key of D minor is also real good for me.

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If I have an idea, I write it down, although I usually carry a little dictation machine with me because I'm too lazy to write.

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I wrote songs all my life, where anyone wanted to hear them or not.

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I don't write on tour. There is so much to do day in and day out when you are on the road.

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I don't like looking back.

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You can have fun, but you also have to put on your thinking cap every day.

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I wish I had a nickel for every song that I've left in the bathroom, written down on a matchbox, or just totally forgotten about.

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I've always stuck with Gibsons. I've had Guilds and Fenders, too, but I always wind up going back to Gibsons.

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When a song gets its legs and begins to come to me, this is the euphoric hook that keeps me wanting to continue.

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I'd better be on the road, or I'll be going nuts. I'm not the kind of guy who sits around with a pipe and slippers watching soap operas.

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When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.

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It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than to take lessons. By this time I knew basic chords.

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When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected.

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Make sure you know what you are signing when you sign a recording contract.

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We're kind of defined by our mistakes.

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Around '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was cheaper for them to just buy a sound system than it was to hire a band.

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