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It's really good to be forced to get away and try something else, find something that's exciting.
Many people love me, many people hate me - there's nobody in between. That's the way I prefer it.
One thing you learn very rapidly in this business is that you are part of a continuing tradition.
Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn't mean you have to use them all in a solo.
I have always thought of myself as a performer first and way down the line as a recording artist.
If I have to go around telling everyone how great I am, then there's something wrong with my act.
I was eleven and I wanted to play it because it was in my blood. It was a feeling I couldn't deny
Joe Walsh is a great guy and and an unbelievable talent, I'd like to work with him again someday.
But I never had that commercial opportunity to be played on the radio, so how could I be popular?
I haven't stopped playing. If you play all the time, then your chops are up and you tend to grow.
In any business, the more you learn, the more sympathetic you can be to other people's positions.
Dare to fail. If you never fail, you're never taken risks and that's no way to take on this life.
Songwriting is something that's very daunting until you have your first successful song, I think.
When I was a kid this is what I was listening to on my car radio - Lowell Fulsom singing 'Tramp.'
My past is very interesting, and I treasure it, but to write about it, it's just not on my radar.
I used to try and take things in leaps and bounds. Now I've realized it's got to be step by step.
I consider myself extremely lucky to have worked with so many great collaborators in my lifetime.
Love the Lord and in him love me too. And in him, go your own way and I'll be right here with you.
If I wasn't a musician, I'd take up the law. They are the rottenest, wealthiest people in America.
Chestnut brown canary, ruby throated sparrow, sing a song, don't be long, thrill me to the marrow.
They're putting cement dust into cattle feed to make the cows heavier; the FDA knows all about it.
There's no type of music I don't like. I think it's important to be able to make fun of all types.
A good marriage can be ruined by poor communications - and by forgetting to put the lid back down.
Shortly after that, we got management problems over in England, and Judas Priest asked me to join.
People like to tear you down. People are always going to take shots. You've just got to go for it.
I don't think there's anything anybody's doing that the Beatles didn't at least try at some point.
Y'know, I don't like jazz much. I'll put it on once in a while and listen, and I'll appreciate it.
I think the feelings in my music were suggested to me before I even had the ability to play music.
In the Chili Peppers I'm a part of that world in a pretty big world and that's just the way it is.
The thing is, we've changed our style but we've never changed the actual roots of what we've done.
When my song came on the radio for the first time, that was one of the heaviest things I remember.
Obviously [Black] Sabbath is definitely a huge name and of course deserving with Ozzy coming back.
...The key to playing with any group is you listen all the time and you listen more than you play.
I find as much inspiration from the forerunners of jazz as I do the modern-day innovators of jazz.
If you're asking me have I purchased a CD, a DVD or downloaded a current artist? The answer is no.
I consider myself a serious musician. Doing a comedy show does not take away from that in any way.
I'm surprised that I actually pulled off the recording, getting all those people at the same time.
I was eleven and I wanted to play it because it was in my blood. It was a feeling I couldn't deny.
I do know that love, whether you're giving it or receiving it, or both, it is the ultimate healer.
What I have is a bunch of really hungry, amazingly talented guys that can kick anybody's rear end.
The reality of music itself, which is the fabric of life for me, is where most of my attention is.
Don't kid yourself; the guy who's onstage in ripped-up jeans is wearing as much a costume as I am.
The marvelous thing about lack of planning is that failure comes as a complete and utter surprise.
We've been around for almost three decades now - there's about three generations of Bon Jovi fans.
It's a great relationship when you can work with the person who you consider to be your soul mate.
When a guitarist can evoke a certain mood through his playing, that's what's most important to me.
According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes.
Blues is one of the most important art forms. It's an amazing music, and we don't want to lose it.
My strongest message is: 'Never give your songs away. Never sign a contract you can't get out of.'
If there's one thing I discovered since I came back from hiatus, it's that you can't go backwards.