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" I think I've gradually learned to become more of a frontman than I was initially. I mean, when I first started, especially playing with Alter Bridge, you know, I really considered myself more a guitar player who sang. "

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" 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. "

Myles Kennedy

End

World

Time

" I think I'm most proud of the fact that I was able to overcome the insecurities that were going to keep me from living my dream, which was just learning to turn off those little voices in your head that tell you you're not capable of doing something. "

Myles Kennedy

Dream

Learning

" 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.' "

" 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. "

Myles Kennedy

World

Say

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

" The guitar saved me from a life of crime as a teenager. "

Myles Kennedy

Life

Saved

" People have been saying rock is dead for years, but the reality is that it just falls out of favor with pop culture from time to time. "

" I'm certainly no Bruce Springsteen in terms of being a storyteller, but I'm trying to get a better handle on it and not always go after it from an autobiographical standpoint. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

Myles Kennedy

Yourself

Stand Up

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

Myles Kennedy

Love

Anything

" I don't feel like I really hit puberty until I was almost 17. I'd go to dinner with my family, and I'm 15 or 16 years old, and the waiter was still giving me the children's menu. "

" There's a warmth, obviously, with vinyl that you just don't get with CDs. "

" 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. "

" There's a song called 'Slip To The Void,' which is fairly long and has more of an epic approach. And I guess for lack of a better term some people might throw the progressive tag on it. I don't know if it necessarily falls into that - a few people have brought that up who have heard it. "