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" I would practice while listening to records or learn from musicians who were better than I was. "

Rick Springfield

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" When you have a kid and people go, 'What a beautiful child,' it's the same kind of reaction when you play a song that people recognize and love. "

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" I was a happy kid up until I hit the teen years. "

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" I've always liked the heavier stuff. I've always loved Tool and System of a Down, Korn and Nine Inch Nails. "

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" The first guitar I ever got was for my 13th birthday. "

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" I've never said, 'I'm squeaky clean.' It's always the people who project that image that are hiding something. No one's squeaky clean. "

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" My first crush was Hayley Mills when I was a little kid in England. I used to kiss her picture goodnight. "

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