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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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...

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...

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'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...

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...

We were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were...

We were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were...

Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.

Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

We're kind of defined by our mistakes.

We're kind of defined by our mistakes.

When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.

When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.