We're kind of defined by our mistakes.

Quote by Tommy Shaw

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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.

I like being on the road, living in hotels. While I've got a real nice...

I like being on the road, living in hotels. While I've got a real nice...

I don't write on tour. There is so much to do day in and day...

I don't write on tour. There is so much to do day in and day...

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...

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...

When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.

When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.

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...

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.

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...

Once you start thinking about it in a mercenary frame of mind, then you're finished....

Once you start thinking about it in a mercenary frame of mind, then you're finished....

Around '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was...

Around '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was...

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...

I'd better be on the road, or I'll be going nuts. I'm not the kind...

I'd better be on the road, or I'll be going nuts. I'm not the kind...

Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.

Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.

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...

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...

I was born in Alabama and my first live music experiences were in church. Every...

I was born in Alabama and my first live music experiences were in church. Every...

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...

I have always been a sucker for the big, upbeat chorus.

I have always been a sucker for the big, upbeat chorus.

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

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