A lot of times when I'm performing a song, it tends to take me back to where I was psychologically as the lyric was being written.
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The journey to the completion of 'Year Of The Tiger' was very interesting and full of a lot of trial and error.
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I think I've gradually learned to become more of a frontman than I was initially. I mean, when I first started, especially playing with Alter Bridge, you know, I really considered myself more a guitar player who sang.
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'World On Fire' isn't necessarily a profound statement about where we are as a planet. It's about living life to the fullest... carpe diem.
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There's a song called 'Slip To The Void,' which is fairly long and has more of an epic approach. And I guess for lack of a better term some people might throw the progressive tag on it. I don't know if it necessarily falls into that - a few people have brought that up who have heard it.
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I'm a really big fan of Andy McKee - I think he's an amazing acoustic guitar player, and he's taken the torch from where Michael Hedges left off.
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One of the key emotions a lot of people seem to be feeling is disillusionment, and what I try to do as a lyricist is touch on these emotions.
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I'm kind of a firm believer that songs can have a shelf life with an artist.
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That's what I love more than anything, just creating.