Facts about Tommy Shaw

Occup.Musician
FromUSA
BornSeptember 11, 1953
Age70 years

Summary

Tommy Shaw is a famous Musician from USA, he/she is 70 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

Small: We were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were too lazy to sit d
"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"
Small: I like being on the road, living in hotels. While Ive got a real nice house, I go crazy when Im 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"
Small: 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"
Small: It is all about being open and paying attention to the music in your head. I think most people have ori
"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"
Small: I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching
"I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching"
Small: I have always been a sucker for the big, upbeat chorus
"I have always been a sucker for the big, upbeat chorus"
Small: 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"
Small: 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"
Small: On acoustic guitar I tend to stay in the key of D for some reason. On electric guitar I keep basic: C,
"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"
Small: As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to play w
"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"
Small: When it stops being fun, stop
"When it stops being fun, stop"
Small: 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"
Small: It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than to take lessons. By this time I knew
"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"
Small: If I have an idea, I write it down, although I usually carry a little dictation machine with me because
"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"
Small: Ive always stuck with Gibsons. Ive had Guilds and Fenders, too, but I always wind up going back to Gibs
"I've always stuck with Gibsons. I've had Guilds and Fenders, too, but I always wind up going back to Gibsons"
Small: 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"
Small: By the time I did that third solo album, Id finally learned how to do it, but Id also learned that I li
"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"
Small: When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing
"When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing"
Small: Were kind of defined by our mistakes
"We're kind of defined by our mistakes"
Small: Timing is everything
"Timing is everything"
Small: Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift
"Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift"
Small: Im not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because Im 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"
Small: Id better be on the road, or Ill be going nuts. Im not the kind of guy who sits around with a pipe and
"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"
Small: Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out cre
"Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out creatively"
Small: Once you start thinking about it in a mercenary frame of mind, then youre finished. Youre a joke, becau
"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"
Small: If music became extinct now, I dont know what Id be good for
"If music became extinct now, I don't know what I'd be good for"
Small: I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectat
"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"
Small: Les Pauls work out real well for me because Ill beat the hell out of them and theyll still work. The on
"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"
Small: I wish I had a nickel for every song that Ive left in the bathroom, written down on a matchbox, or just
"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"
Small: I was born in Alabama and my first live music experiences were in church. Every Sunday we watched regio
"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"
Small: I dont 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"
Small: I dont like looking back
"I don't like looking back"
Small: Around 75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was cheaper for them to
"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"