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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: 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: When it stops being fun, stop.

When it stops being fun, stop.

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: We're kind of defined by our mistakes.

We're kind of defined by our mistakes.

Tommy Shaw quotes: I don't like looking back.

I don't like looking back.

Tommy Shaw quotes: I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching.

I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching.

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'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: 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: I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds.

I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds.

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 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: 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.

Tommy Shaw quotes: Les Pauls work out real well for me because I'll beat the hell out of them and they'll still work. The only trouble with them is finding good ones.

Les Pauls work out real well for me because I'll beat the hell out of them and they'll still work. The only trouble with them is finding good ones.

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: Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.

Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.

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'd better be on the road, or I'll be going nuts. I'm not the kind of guy who sits around with a pipe and slippers watching soap operas.

I'd better be on the road, or I'll be going nuts. I'm not the kind of guy who sits around with a pipe and slippers watching soap operas.

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'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: 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: If music became extinct now, I don't know what I'd be good for.

If music became extinct now, I don't know what I'd be good for.

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

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

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 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: Make sure you know what you are signing when you sign a recording contract.

Make sure you know what you are signing when you sign a recording contract.

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: 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.