If I have an idea, I write it down, although I usually carry a little dictation machine with me because I'm too lazy to write.

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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 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...

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...

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...

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.

We're kind of defined by our mistakes.

We're kind of defined by our mistakes.

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...

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.

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...

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...

It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than...

It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than...

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...

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...

Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.

Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.

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 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...

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...

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

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