Author: Tommy Shaw

Quotes

It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than to take lessons. By this time I knew basic chords.

It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than to take lessons. By this time I knew basic chords.

- Tommy Shaw

Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.

Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.

- Tommy Shaw

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

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

- Tommy Shaw

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.

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.

- Tommy Shaw

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.

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.

- Tommy Shaw

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.

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.

- 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.

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.

- Tommy Shaw

We were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were too lazy to sit down and figure out the originals.

We were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were too lazy to sit down and figure out the originals.

- Tommy Shaw

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