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" Grunge was, to me, the last big movement. It had such an impact on pop culture. We haven't really seen anything like that since, and we may never again. Things have changed; the digital age has changed things. "

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" One of the key emotions a lot of people seem to be feeling is disillusionment, and what I try to do as a lyricist is touch on these emotions. "

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" I'm basically a happy person. I'm content with my life and my wife and my family. But you do reach a point where you start to question the absolutes that are supposedly out there, and you realize that there simply are no absolutes. "

" It's a little nerve-wracking to stand up on stage all by yourself. "

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" From the artist's standpoint, are you getting more from streaming than you used to, prior to the days of the Internet? No - and I don't know if those days are ever going to come back - but at least, technically speaking, it's the legal way to do it. "

" It's not like I'm writing full songs or full parts and setting it aside for Slash because, generally, I like him to make the first move and hear where he's coming from and what his concepts are, and then I build from there. "

" I realized, year of the tiger was 1974, which was the year my father passed away when I was a kid... My family, at that point, were Christian Scientists. So basically, this woman Mary Baker Eddy started this in the 1800s, and the premise is that you don't go to doctors. You believe that God is gonna heal you. "

" The journey to the completion of 'Year Of The Tiger' was very interesting and full of a lot of trial and error. "

" Though rock is not the force that it once was in America, it still has a loyal fan base that always seems to continue regardless of what popular culture deems as the 'cool thing.' "

" Vocally, I don't think analogue makes that much difference, but with guitars, it definitely makes some difference. With drums and bass, absolutely. "

" 'Apocalyptic Love,' that is pretty from the hip in the sense that, one day, Slash and I were talking - I think it was Slash and I - about the end of the world and the Mayan calendar and all that crazy stuff. "

" When I was a kid and listening to Zeppelin and Guns N' Roses, if someone had told me that there would come a time, and I would play some of those songs with those people, I would never have believed it. "

" I think what I've learned to do is not look inward as much. "

" Because Slash is such a well-known performer all over the world, it definitely helped with the awareness of Alter Bridge. People come up to me and say that they saw me playing with Slash, and it turned them on to the other things I do. "

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" What I did with Slash and the Conspirators was a very different kind of music. Genre-wise, it is a step in a different direction. "

" That's what I love more than anything, just creating. "

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" I really enjoy the moments with Alter Bridge where I can step out and play lead and have fun. "

" I'm not a mixer. That's not what I do. I'm a songwriter, a singer, and a guitar player. You might have some ideas here and there, but you let the mixer mix the song because, overall, you've gotta trust their instincts. "

" I wish they had more Tim Horton's here in the States. "

" Not playing guitar on 'World On Fire' gave me additional time to fine-tune lyrics and melodies, which improved the songs in the end. I'm very happy with how it turned out. "

" I'm in a lower register because I'm not trying to shout out over a wall of amps. Singing lower sounded very pleasing to my ear, and it made it easier for me to emote. "

" My grandmothers on both sides chose not to go to doctors and passed away. We were entrenched in the Christian Science faith. "

" I'm a really big fan of Andy McKee - I think he's an amazing acoustic guitar player, and he's taken the torch from where Michael Hedges left off. "

" I'm kind of a firm believer that songs can have a shelf life with an artist. "

" I don't even know what progressive is anymore, to be honest! "

" I think that's my goal as time goes on, is to just try and pay it forward. "

" Every step, every bit of success, it's gotta be earned. "

" A lot of times when I'm performing a song, it tends to take me back to where I was psychologically as the lyric was being written. "

" Everything I ever learned about rock, I learned from Led Zeppelin. "

" I think one of the things I regret was not having more faith in myself early on. "

" I love playing with Slash, and the chemistry I have with the rest of the guys in his band is fantastic. "