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"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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"It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be in school anymore."
"I have a picture of myself in my mind as I walk around every day, until I look in the mirror-and then I'm stunned."
"I do a couple of hundred press-ups a day but I haven't been to a gym in years."
"It was a show where you were given a quote out of current events and you had to identify who said it. I was reading eight newspapers a day and had compiled a file of about 300 quotes. I really had to do my research. The White House press didn't have to bone up on any of it."
"I used to write things for friends. There was this girl I had a crush on, and she had a teacher she didn't like at school. I had a real crush on her, so almost every day I would write her a little short story where she would kill him in a different way."
"THIS is the most joyful day that ever I saw in my pilgrimage on earth."
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"When I was about 3, my grandfather used to give me and my sister a nickel to sit out on the front porch with him and sing songs."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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 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."
"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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