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I would drive to gigs in my tiny little Fiat. I would shoot up and down the M1 to play at various places.
I think, generally, I just cannot really envision life without writing and producing records and singing.
I always think the everyday is more relevant than anything too grand because we all have to deal with it.
I love singing. I have spent as much of my life trying to improve my singing as I have practising guitar.
When I get in the sun I get very tanned. You can't tell me from the native fishermen in Hawaii or Mexico.
I love Strapping Young Lad. I'm incredibly proud of that band; I'm incredibly proud of everything we did.
Man, that first Leppard album really jams, and their original guitarist, Pete Willis, was a great player.
The most common power chord in metal is the root/fifth, but root/third diads are also worth checking out.
My hair's a pain in live performance. I'm always inhaling it: I almost choked to death a couple of times.
'Chip Away' is somewhat of a rail against cable news and divisive agendas... all for the almighty dollar.
Attending Seattle Central was an awesome experience - it taught me a lot about discipline in a great way.
I went to my Congressman and he said quote quote, I'd like to help you son, but you're too young to vote.
Some people think a song without words isn't a real song. Tell that to Beethoven and he'll kick your ass!
I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.
The fact is, Latinos now own their own lives and I believe they can afford to look back without judgment.
In Africa, music is for everything, Music was originally used for community. That was what music was for.
The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.
But ya have to make videos in the States. Usually ours just look too serious. We haven't got it together.
The world is divided between peasants and kings, but the truth is everybody's looking for the same thing.
Agony is truth its our connection to the living I accept it as perfection and keep on existing in the now
Touring, and being in a band, it's almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold.
Elvis has left the building to climb up that heavenly stair. So what if he looks like a wart-hog in heat?
Everything on this planet has something to do with music. Music functions in the realm of sculptured air.
I Want To Ride My Bicycle I Want To Ride My Bike I Want To Ride My bicycle I Want To Ride It Where I Like
I could tell it was a popular move as a writer to walk down the bass lines while you were writing a song.
I may never get my own action figure, but at least I think what I'm doing is really legitimate musically.
It's so natural you just fall into it and you find your way. It's terrifying and exciting, and brilliant.
If you have some magical chemistry that actually find the music you make compelling, that is a big bonus.
Not after the big bust in '92, there's no big drug lifestyle anymore. I can't talk about it. Pretty ugly.
I would much prefer that they take me as I am, that way the experience is genuine between the both of us.
All religions are branches of one big tree. It doesn't matter what you call Him just as long as you call.
It's for the hamster that I'm gonna buy! This is so perfect! (after opening a hamster wheel at Christmas)
In reality, I never even got to have a Hank Williams instrument. I got a tie, a fishing lure and a check.
I was like, 'I'm never gonna do country, I'm never gonna give in, you'll never see me wear a cowboy hat.'
It's one thing to buy a copy of 'Atlas Shrugged.' You actually have to read it to get anything out of it.
If you paid Americans a living wage, they would be able to pay for products made by Americans in America.
If you really want to rebel against your parents: outearn them, outlive them, and know more than they do.
In blues music, there's a lot of borrowing, so it's often difficult to identify the originator of a song.
I celebrate the spirit of Christmas. It's the winter solstice celebration, rebirth and new possibilities.
Ooooh, I love Nashville! It seems like everywhere you walk, there's great music coming out of every wall.
A chimpanzee could learn what I do physically, but it goes way beyond that. When you play, you play life.
As a songwriter, it's very hard to listen to music that's not coming from the heart and soul, personally.
From a guy that still doesn't have his foot in the world, I feel pretty grounded as long as I have music.
When young people hear auto-tune, they think that's real R&B. You have to get rid of all of the gimmicks.
No matter what hard thing you may go through or what kind of pain you may go through there is still hope.
We're like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.
You can't repeat things because each time is different. The universe has changed. Everything has changed.
The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar.
I'm trying to get more into other things, where reality is nothing but each individual's way of thinking.
If I don't channel pain into a song, I play my guitar or play the piano or play my drums, or go swimming.