I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds.

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Timing is everything.

Timing is everything.

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....

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.

Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.

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...

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...

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...

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 I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.

When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.

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'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...

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.

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....

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...