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"Employers are at their happiest on Mondays. Employees are at their happiest on Fridays."

"Back then, work revolved around life. Today, life revolves around work."

"Love by the sweat of thy brow.Not through whispered words of hollow sound or lofty dreams ne'er substance bound that more than oft do run aground. Nay, love with mighty, blistered hands that turn the soil and carve the land. A bearer of toil and golden band. Be strong! A founder of the feast! Protective knight who slays the beast! For promises and vows aloud are naught but wispy veneer shroud like cobwebs, frail, the airy words and wooing fail. So work, my darling. Toil as proof. Thy loyal heart be drained of youth and yet beat on, incessant sound. Both feet take root within the ground, and service be thy kingly crown.Love by the sweat of thy brow."

"Your life content reduces with employment."

"A specialist's mind is a slave to his specialization."
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"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."

"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."

"I'm not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because I'm too rough on instruments."

"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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