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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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