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Tommy Shaw Quotes: "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."

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.



Tommy Shaw Quotes: "Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift."

Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.




Tommy Shaw Quotes: "When I was about 3, my grandfather used to give me and my sister a nickel to sit out on the front porch with him and sing songs."

When I was about 3, my grandfather used to give me and my sister a nickel to sit out on the front porch with him and sing songs.



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

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




Tommy Shaw Quotes: "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"

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



Tommy Shaw Quotes: "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 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



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

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




Tommy Shaw Quotes: "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 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



Tommy Shaw Quotes: "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."

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.



Tommy Shaw Quotes: "When a song gets its legs and begins to come to me, this is the euphoric hook that keeps me wanting to continue."

When a song gets its legs and begins to come to me, this is the euphoric hook that keeps me wanting to continue.



Tommy Shaw Quotes: "I don't like looking back."

I don't like looking back.



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

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




Tommy Shaw Quotes: "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"

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



Tommy Shaw Quotes: "I have always been a sucker for the big, upbeat chorus."

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



Tommy Shaw Quotes: "When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected."

When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected.



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



Tommy Shaw Quotes: "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"

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



Tommy Shaw Quotes: "You can have fun, but you also have to put on your thinking cap every day"

You can have fun, but you also have to put on your thinking cap every day



Tommy Shaw Quotes: "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 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



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

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



Tommy Shaw Quotes: "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"

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



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

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



Tommy Shaw Quotes: "I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching"

I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching



Tommy Shaw Quotes: "We're kind of defined by our mistakes"

We're kind of defined by our mistakes



Tommy Shaw Quotes: "If music became extinct now, I dont know what Id be good for."

If music became extinct now, I dont know what Id be good for.



Tommy Shaw Quotes: "When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing."

When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.



Tommy Shaw Quotes: "There were some older guitarists on my side of town, and I got to know many of them"

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



Tommy Shaw Quotes: "I feel like I have the greatest life an artist could dream of."

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