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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" '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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "