Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out creatively.

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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...

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...

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.

We're kind of defined by our mistakes.

We're kind of defined by our mistakes.

Timing is everything.

Timing is everything.

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...

I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching.

I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching.

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...

When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.

When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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'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 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...

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 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...

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....