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

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

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

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When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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We're kind of defined by our mistakes.

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

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

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

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

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Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.

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

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

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