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"When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing."
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"I write a lot of lyrics and I'm involved in the producing process, because it's like, if I'm singing it, I want it to be something that I can relate to."
"I do, too, most recently while I was singing karaoke in some weird bar."
"You put a song on the record or on tape and you stop singing it. You just don't sit around and sing it anymore unless you're performing. That's kind of sad."
"When I'm singing I try not be a singer with a capital S. I just try to get it out so I feel comfortable with it."
"I'm not a big fan of Robert Plant's lyrics or his singing."
"I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15."
"There is no singing anymore, everything is yelling and shouting and rapping and that is real boring to a guy like me."
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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."
"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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