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Tommy Shaw

"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."

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Akiroq Brost

"My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first guitars I had. She listened to all of the crappy songs that I wrote when I was 8 years old and encouraged me to keep doing it."

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Akiroq Brost

"And my little sister died when she was 16."

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Akiroq Brost

"I may have had a crush on Zac, but we are like brother and sister, so nothing would ever happen."

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"Sometimes I just walk through; I just show up, as in The Other Sister."

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Akiroq Brost

"I becan acting when River was doing this TV series and they needed two kids for the show, so they got me and my little sister, Summer, to do it. After that I did some really weird guest spots with orangutans and stuff."

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Akiroq Brost

"I had a director who told me a story about a fan who had commented on how nice it was to see her sister laughing and how happy the show made her. I like to make people happy and make them laugh."

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Akiroq Brost

"My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my sister Lucy. We wore matching dresses as the Simon Sisters."

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Akiroq Brost

"My sister sometimes does a Todd Barry tribute act."

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Akiroq Brost

"And then I went to visit my sister in the states and all of a sudden it was just like, it's like... it's like the movie Wizard of Oz when all of a sudden it changes from Black and White to glorious Technicolor."

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Akiroq Brost

"We will look upon the earth and her sister planets as being with us, not for us. One does not rape a sister."

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Tommy Shaw
"We're kind of defined by our mistakes."

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Tommy Shaw
"Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out creatively."

Balance

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Tommy Shaw
"If music became extinct now, I don't know what I'd be good for."

Music

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

Guitar

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Tommy Shaw
"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."

Sound

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Tommy Shaw
"By the time I did that third solo album, I'd finally learned how to do it, but I'd also learned that I liked being in a band."

Time

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Tommy Shaw
"Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift."

Success

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Tommy Shaw
"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."

Work

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Tommy Shaw
"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."

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Tommy Shaw
"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."

Road

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