Once you start thinking about it in a mercenary frame of mind, then you're finished. You're a joke, because there are too many mercenaries out there already.

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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 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 don't like looking back.

I don't like looking back.

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 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.

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...

When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.

When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.

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...

Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.

Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.

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.

We're kind of defined by our mistakes.

We're kind of defined by our mistakes.

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

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

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...

Timing is everything.

Timing is everything.

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...

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....

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.

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...

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...

I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world...

I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world...