Tommy Shaw quotes

I was born in Alabama and my first live music experiences were in church. Every Sunday we watched regional gospel groups on television singing their hearts out. (Tommy Shaw)
Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift. View quote
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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. View quote
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We were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were too lazy to sit down and figure out the originals. View quote
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Timing is everything. View quote
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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. View quote
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As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to play with the audience and be a band member. View quote
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I wrote songs all my life, where anyone wanted to hear them or not. View quote
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I don't like looking back. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Tommy Shaw)
Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out creatively. View quote
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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. View quote
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When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I have always been a sucker for the big, upbeat chorus. View quote
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I feel like I have the greatest life an artist could dream of. View quote
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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. View quote
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You can have fun, but you also have to put on your thinking cap every day. View quote
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If music became extinct now, I don't know what I'd be good for. (Tommy Shaw)
We're kind of defined by our mistakes. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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