Tommy Shaw Quotes

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Tommy Shaw

Profession : Musician

Birth : September 11, 1953

When a song gets its legs and begins to come to me, this is the euphoric hook that keeps me wanting to continue.

Tommy Shaw

I don't like looking back.

Tommy Shaw

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 have always been a sucker for the big, upbeat chorus.

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I feel like I have the greatest life an artist could dream of.

Tommy Shaw

I wrote songs all my life, where anyone wanted to hear them or not.

Tommy Shaw

Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.

Tommy Shaw

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.

Tommy Shaw

When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected.

Tommy Shaw

Make sure you know what you are signing when you sign a recording contract.

Tommy Shaw

I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching.

Tommy Shaw

We're kind of defined by our mistakes.

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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.

Tommy Shaw