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Top 30 Tommy Shaw Quotes (2024 Update)

Tommy Shaw Quote: “I never did heroin, because I thought that meant I was doing heavy drugs, which shows you the insanity of doing drugs. I probably should have done heroin, because I understand heroin actually makes you feel good. Cocaine just makes you stupid.”

1. “I never did heroin, because I thought that meant I was doing heavy drugs, which shows you the insanity of doing drugs. I probably should have done heroin, because I understand heroin actually makes you feel good. Cocaine just makes you stupid.”

Tommy Shaw Quote: “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.”

2. “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.”

Tommy Shaw Quote: “Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.”

3. “Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift.”

Tommy Shaw Quote: “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.”

4. “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 Quote: “You can have fun, but you also have to put on your thinking cap every day.”

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

Tommy Shaw Quote: “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.”

6. “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 Quote: “I remember my first moment onstage was at a 4-H contest at the Pratville Junior High School cafeteria auditorium around 1965. I had my first electric, a Silvertone with the amp built into the case, and I won first prize.”

7. “I remember my first moment onstage was at a 4-H contest at the Pratville Junior High School cafeteria auditorium around 1965. I had my first electric, a Silvertone with the amp built into the case, and I won first prize.”

Tommy Shaw Quote: “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.”

8. “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.”

Tommy Shaw Quote: “I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching.”

9. “I soon gave up instruction for self-teaching.”

Tommy Shaw Quote: “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.”

10. “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.”

Tommy Shaw Quote: “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.”

11. “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 Quote: “Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out creatively.”

12. “Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out creatively.”

Tommy Shaw Quote: “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.”

13. “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 Quote: “When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected.”

14. “When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected.”

Tommy Shaw Quote: “We’re kind of defined by our mistakes.”

15. “We’re kind of defined by our mistakes.”

Tommy Shaw Quote: “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.”

16. “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 Quote: “I’m not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because I’m too rough on instruments.”

17. “I’m not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because I’m too rough on instruments.”

Tommy Shaw Quote: “I don’t like looking back.”

18. “I don’t like looking back.”

Tommy Shaw Quote: “I have always been a sucker for the big, upbeat chorus.”

19. “I have always been a sucker for the big, upbeat chorus.”

Tommy Shaw Quote: “When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.”

20. “When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.”

Tommy Shaw Quote: “When a song gets its legs and begins to come to me, this is the euphoric hook that keeps me wanting to continue.”

21. “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 Quote: “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.”

22. “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 Quote: “I don’t write on tour. There is so much to do day in and day out when you are on the road.”

23. “I don’t write on tour. There is so much to do day in and day out when you are on the road.”

Tommy Shaw Quote: “I like being on the road, living in hotels. While I’ve got a real nice house, I go crazy when I’m there.”

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

Tommy Shaw Quote: “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.”

25. “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 Quote: “There were some older guitarists on my side of town, and I got to know many of them.”

26. “There were some older guitarists on my side of town, and I got to know many of them.”

Tommy Shaw Quote: “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.”

27. “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 Quote: “I wrote songs all my life, where anyone wanted to hear them or not.”

28. “I wrote songs all my life, where anyone wanted to hear them or not.”

Tommy Shaw Quote: “When I was a kid, I liked the newer music that was coming out. I have never really felt confined by any style of music. I would play in bands that were soul bands or that played standards – any kind of music that I enjoyed playing.”

29. “When I was a kid, I liked the newer music that was coming out. I have never really felt confined by any style of music. I would play in bands that were soul bands or that played standards – any kind of music that I enjoyed playing.”

Tommy Shaw Quote: “I’ve always stuck with Gibsons. I’ve had Guilds and Fenders, too, but I always wind up going back to Gibsons.”

30. “I’ve always stuck with Gibsons. I’ve had Guilds and Fenders, too, but I always wind up going back to Gibsons.”

Tommy Shaw Quote: “I feel like I have the greatest life an artist could dream of.”

31. “I feel like I have the greatest life an artist could dream of.”

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