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"Stop aspiring and start being. The world needs you!"
"To me, living in the present means being aware of your conscious choice to focus on the past, present or future - it is not necessarily having to focus on the present."
"Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it."
"Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth."
"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often."
"Your unstoppable nature is becoming and blooming - you simply, are. Go easy."
Explore more quotes by 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."
"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."
"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'm not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because I'm too rough on instruments."
"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."
"Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out creatively."
"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."
"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."
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