I think I'm most proud of the fact that I was able to overcome the insecurities that were going to keep me from living my dream, which was just learning to turn off those little voices in your head that tell you you're not capable of doing something.

Myles Kennedy

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Dreams are not theirs to take! by Myles Kennedy

Dreams are not theirs to take!

I’ve never really been contained to just one style. My listening choice has always been so mixed up.

style choices listening

I only bleed when I'm all alone by Myles Kennedy

I only bleed when I'm all alone

I spent more time in a van then in my mom's womb. by Myles Kennedy

I spent more time in a van then in my mom's womb.

womb more-time mom

There's a warmth, obviously, with vinyl that you just don't get w... by Myles Kennedy

There's a warmth, obviously, with vinyl that you just don't get with CDs.

get just you vinyl

When I was a kid and listening to Zeppelin and Guns N' Roses, if someone had told me that there would come a time, and I would play some of those songs with those people, I would never have believed it.

never me time people

I think that's my goal as time goes on, is to just try and pay it... by Myles Kennedy

I think that's my goal as time goes on, is to just try and pay it forward.

forward try think time

Every step, every bit of success, it's gotta be earned. by Myles Kennedy

Every step, every bit of success, it's gotta be earned.

earned step every-step success

That's what I love more than anything, just creating. by Myles Kennedy

That's what I love more than anything, just creating.

anything more just love

I'm not a mixer. That's not what I do. I'm a songwriter, a singer, and a guitar player. You might have some ideas here and there, but you let the mixer mix the song because, overall, you've gotta trust their instincts.

you trust guitar song

I'm in a lower register because I'm not trying to shout out over a wall of amps. Singing lower sounded very pleasing to my ear, and it made it easier for me to emote.

over me singing trying

It's not like I'm writing full songs or full parts and setting it aside for Slash because, generally, I like him to make the first move and hear where he's coming from and what his concepts are, and then I build from there.

hear build like writing

'Apocalyptic Love,' that is pretty from the hip in the sense that, one day, Slash and I were talking - I think it was Slash and I - about the end of the world and the Mayan calendar and all that crazy stuff.

day crazy love world

I wish they had more Tim Horton's here in the States. by Myles Kennedy

I wish they had more Tim Horton's here in the States.

i-wish here more wish

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.

better song long people

I don't even know what progressive is anymore, to be honest! by Myles Kennedy

I don't even know what progressive is anymore, to be honest!

to-be-honest know progressive honest

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.

amazing big think guitar

I think one of the things I regret was not having more faith in m... by Myles Kennedy

I think one of the things I regret was not having more faith in myself early on.

myself think regret faith

The journey to the completion of 'Year Of The Tiger' was very interesting and full of a lot of trial and error.

tiger year journey interesting

It's a little nerve-wracking to stand up on stage all by yourself... by Myles Kennedy

It's a little nerve-wracking to stand up on stage all by yourself.

stand-up stand yourself stage