I'd better be on the road, or I'll be going nuts. I'm not the kind of guy who sits around with a pipe and slippers watching soap operas.

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I don't like looking back.

I don't like looking back.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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....

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

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

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...

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...

Timing is everything.

Timing is everything.

I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching.

I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching.

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

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

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...

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....

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...