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.

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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'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...

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...

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....

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.

It is all about being open and paying attention to the music in your head....

It is all about being open and paying attention to the music in your head....

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....

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 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...

Timing is everything.

Timing is everything.

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 soon gave up instruction for self-teaching.

I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching.

When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.

When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.

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...