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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.

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.

Tommy Shaw

Time

Being

As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to play with the audience and be a band member.

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.

Tommy Shaw

Sound

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.

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.

Tommy Shaw

Sister

Songs

You can have fun, but you also have to put on your thinking cap every day.

When it stops being fun, stop.

Tommy Shaw

Being

Fun

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 became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.

Tommy Shaw

Singing

Thinking

When a song gets its legs and begins to come to me, this is the euphoric hook that keeps me wanting to continue.

Tommy Shaw

Song

We're kind of defined by our mistakes.