Once you start thinking about it in a mercenary frame of mind, then you're finished. You're a joke, because there are too many mercenaries out there already.

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

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

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

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

If music became extinct now, I don't know what I'd be good for.

If music became extinct now, I don't know what I'd be good for.

It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than...

It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than...

By the time I did that third solo album, I'd finally learned how to do...

By the time I did that third solo album, I'd finally learned how to do...

When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.

When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.

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

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

Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.

Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.

When I was about 3, my grandfather used to give me and my sister a...

When I was about 3, my grandfather used to give me and my sister a...

I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world...

I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world...

Les Pauls work out real well for me because I'll beat the hell out of...

Les Pauls work out real well for me because I'll beat the hell out of...

When a song gets its legs and begins to come to me, this is the...

When a song gets its legs and begins to come to me, this is the...

When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you...

When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you...

Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They...

Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They...

On acoustic guitar I tend to stay in the key of D for some reason....

On acoustic guitar I tend to stay in the key of D for some reason....

If I have an idea, I write it down, although I usually carry a little...

If I have an idea, I write it down, although I usually carry a little...

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

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

Timing is everything.

Timing is everything.

As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There...

As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There...

I wish I had a nickel for every song that I've left in the bathroom,...

I wish I had a nickel for every song that I've left in the bathroom,...