Tommy Shaw
Musician
1953-09-11
Quotes by Tommy Shaw
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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.
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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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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.
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Timing is everything.
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Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out creatively.
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I have always been a sucker for the big, upbeat chorus.
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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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