66 Quotes by Tommy Shaw

Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.

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

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'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.

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.

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

I wish I had a nickel for every song that I've left in the bathroom, written down on a matchbox, or just totally forgotten about

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

I like being on the road, living in hotels. While I've got a real nice house, I go crazy when I'm there.