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• ‟ Duane Eddy is somebody I wanted to play like. I discovered him before The Beatles, and he totally got to me. He sent me a note back in 1977 and said that he really liked what Cheap Trick were doing. That's one of those 'Wow!' moments, you know?

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• ‟ When I write songs, it's just me and a cassette player - or at least it used to be before smartphones - to quickly record a basic idea.

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• ‟ Living someplace like L.A. seemed awful to me.

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• ‟ I took one guitar lesson, and they wanted me to play 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' or 'Michael Row the Boat Ashore,' and that was the last guitar lesson that I ever took, so I taught myself what I wanted to know.

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• ‟ I did what I believed in. It got me in trouble, but it also got me a job.

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• ‟ When a guitarist can evoke a certain mood through his playing, that's what's most important to me.

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• ‟ In 1977, I had Paul Rivera hotrod six Fender Deluxes for me. At that time, a lot of studio guys in L.A. were using those - not so much live guys but studio guys. They had terrific tone and great technique, and I was like, 'Well, I like having terrific tone even though I don't have any technique.'

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• ‟ The Ramones were American, and I knew about them, and I thought they were interesting. But they were like a pop band to me.

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• ‟ I always hated watching bands: the guy would break a string or be out of tune, and I have perfect pitch, so it would always tick me off when a guy is up there, and he'd break a string.

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