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"I wrote songs all my life, where anyone wanted to hear them or not."
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"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."
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"And there wasn't anything he wanted to do that he couldn't make time for. What did he have to mope about, really? What more did he want? Love, he could hear Eve saying. Purpose. Love. Purpose. Those are the things that you can't plan for. Those are the things that just happen. And what if they don't happen? Do you spend your whole life pining for them? Waiting to be happy?"
"Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so slightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners. Often the attachment is scarcely perceptible."
"It can be a beautiful experience to look for the magic that is hidden within the realm of our lives, but let's not let the process blind us to the majesty that is right in front of us."
"Your life is a reflection. you don't get what you WANT, you get what you ARE. You gotta BE it to SEE it."
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"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."
"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."
"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."
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