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"Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift."
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"You play the game to the end. That's how it works, play to the end."

"When you know every well what to do and how to do it, your attitude determines how well you will have it done!"

"Take distinct steps and exploits. Those who are distinct and distinguished always score distinction. Go there, be there and stay there."

"To become a better you, dare to take calculated risks and overcome your limitations. Your scars can make you a star, but you have to decide."

"If any writer in this country has collected as fine and passionate a group of readers as I have, they're fortunate and lucky beyond anyone's imagination. It remains a shock to me that I've had a successful writing career. Not someone like me; Lord, there were too many forces working against me, too many dark currents pushing against me, but it somehow worked. Though I wish I'd written a lot more, been bolder with my talent, more forgiving of my weaknesses, I've managed to draw a magic audience into my circle. They come to my signings to tell me stories, their stories. The ones that have hurt them and made their nights long and their lives harder."

"Every year, many, many stupid people graduate from college. And if they can do it, so can you."

"Clearly any film company that makes a film is always going to talk about sequels particularly if they see something as being successful, which Werewolf was."

"You can achieve great things by utilizing your God-given talent."

"You have to be firm, persistent, passionate, and driven by the idea and have a strong desire to bring your product to the market."
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"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."


"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."


"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'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."


"I've always stuck with Gibsons. I've had Guilds and Fenders, too, but I always wind up going back to Gibsons."


"I like being on the road, living in hotels. While I've got a real nice house, I go crazy when I'm there."
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