Tommy Shaw Quotes
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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.
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I remember my first moment onstage was at a 4-H contest at the Pratville Junior High School cafeteria auditorium around 1965. I had my first electric, a Silvertone with the amp built into the case, and I won first prize.
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I don't write on tour. There is so much to do day in and day out when you are on the road.
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I'm not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because I'm too rough on instruments.
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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.
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When I was a kid, I liked the newer music that was coming out. I have never really felt confined by any style of music. I would play in bands that were soul bands or that played standards - any kind of music that I enjoyed playing.
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We're kind of defined by our mistakes.
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When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.