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" Around '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was cheaper for them to just buy a sound system than it was to hire a band. "

" As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to play with the audience and be a band member. "

" By the time I did that third solo album, I'd finally learned how to do it, but I'd also learned that I liked being in a band. "

" 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. "

" I don't like looking back. "

" I don't write on tour. There is so much to do day in and day out when you are on the road. "

" I feel like I have the greatest life an artist could dream of. "

" 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. "

" If music became extinct now, I don't know what I'd be good for. "

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

" I like being on the road, living in hotels. While I've got a real nice house, I go crazy when I'm there. "

" 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. "

" I'm not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because I'm too rough on instruments. "

" I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching. "

" It is all about being open and paying attention to the music in your head. I think most people have original music playing in their heads from time to time. "

" It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than to take lessons. By this time I knew basic chords. "

" I've always stuck with Gibsons. I've had Guilds and Fenders, too, but I always wind up going back to Gibsons. "

" I was born in Alabama and my first live music experiences were in church. Every Sunday we watched regional gospel groups on television singing their hearts out. "

" I wish I had a nickel for every song that I've left in the bathroom, written down on a matchbox, or just totally forgotten about. "

" I wrote songs all my life, where anyone wanted to hear them or not. "

" Les Pauls work out real well for me because I'll beat the hell out of them and they'll still work. The only trouble with them is finding good ones. "

" Make sure you know what you are signing when you sign a recording contract. "

" On acoustic guitar I tend to stay in the key of D for some reason. On electric guitar I keep basic: C, G, D, and A. The key of D minor is also real good for me. "

" 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. "

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

" Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift. "

" There were some older guitarists on my side of town, and I got to know many of them. "

" Timing is everything. "

Timing Is Everything

" We're kind of defined by our mistakes. "

" We were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were too lazy to sit down and figure out the originals. "

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