Tommy Shaw is a famous Musician from USA, he/she is 71 years old and still alive, born September 11, 1953.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac virgo, who is known for Analyzing, Practical, Reflective, Observation, Thoughtful.
Our collection contains 33 quotes who is written / told by Tommy.
33 Famous quotes by Tommy Shaw
"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"
"I like being on the road, living in hotels. While I've got a real nice house, I go crazy when I'm there"
"Make sure you know what you are signing when you sign a recording contract"
"It is all about being open and paying attention to the music in your head. I think most people have original music playing in their heads from time to time"
"I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching"
"I have always been a sucker for the big, upbeat chorus"
"I feel like I have the greatest life an artist could dream of"
"You can have fun, but you also have to put on your thinking cap every day"
"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"
"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"
"When it stops being fun, stop"
"There were some older guitarists on my side of town, and I got to know many of them"
"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"
"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"
"I've always stuck with Gibsons. I've had Guilds and Fenders, too, but I always wind up going back to Gibsons"
"I wrote songs all my life, where anyone wanted to hear them or not"
"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"
"When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing"
"We're kind of defined by our mistakes"
"Timing is everything"
"Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift"
"I'm not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because I'm too rough on instruments"
"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"
"Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out creatively"
"Once you start thinking about it in a mercenary frame of mind, then you're finished. You're a joke, because there are too many mercenaries out there already"
"If music became extinct now, I don't know what I'd be good for"
"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"
"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"
"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 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 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 like looking back"
"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"
