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. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#born #church #every #every sunday #experiences

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

#bathroom #down #every #forgotten #had

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

— Tommy Shaw

#hear #i #life #my life #songs

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. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#better #going #guy #i #kind

I'm not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because I'm too rough on instruments. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#deserves #guitar #guy #i #instruments

I've always stuck with Gibsons. I've had Guilds and Fenders, too, but I always wind up going back to Gibsons. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#back #going #had #i #i always

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

#because #carry #dictation #down #i

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

— Tommy Shaw

#extinct #good #i #know #music

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

#attention #being #from time to time #head #heads

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

#chords #figure #fun #hand #hold