There aren't a lot of cover bands that do Boston material or do it well, and the reason for that is that they are hard to play. So we put a lot of work into it. The musicians that I've managed to surround myself with after all of these years are individuals who really excel at what they do.

Tom Scholz

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I was a fixer, a builder - an inventor - ever since I can remembe... by Tom Scholz

I was a fixer, a builder - an inventor - ever since I can remember.

fixers inventor remember

We need a free media, not just freedom of speech. by Tom Scholz

We need a free media, not just freedom of speech.

freedom-of-speech media needs

I think the Sierra Club is the environmental group that has the best chance of really accomplishing things. It's well known, and it actually gets down to doing the dirty work of protecting the environment.

environmental dirty thinking

Turning corporations loose and letting the profit motive run amok is not a prescription for a more livable world.

letting-go running world

Im a huge fan of Joe Walsh and a big James Gang fan. A lot of what I know about playing the guitar I learned from listening to him.

guitar fans listening

People have been convinced that growth for growth's sake is a goo... by Tom Scholz

People have been convinced that growth for growth's sake is a good thing.

growth sake people

And sometimes I actually start to think human life is just as cheap to corporate America as animal life, so long as there are big profits to be made.

animal america thinking

Virtually every magazine, newspaper, TV station and cable channel is owned by a big corporation, and they've squashed stories that they don't want the public to know about.

squash magazines stories

Everybody's seen a stream or a wood they knew replaced by a strip... by Tom Scholz

Everybody's seen a stream or a wood they knew replaced by a strip mall.

shopping woods malls

The public has been sold a bill of goods about the free market be... by Tom Scholz

The public has been sold a bill of goods about the free market being a panacea for mankind.

panacea being-free bills

'Life, Love & Hope' is... I'm thinking 'larger picture.' I'm not trying to preach to anyone. We all get lost and caught up in our everyday problems. Your cellphone doesn't work or you got a parking ticket, you had a bad day at work. You can lose sight of the really important things in life; that's what the song is about.

hope work love life

'Higher Power' was the result of a personal experience: a friend of mine who went through the process of addiction and recovery. It's a very, very tough thing - very easy to become addicted and very, very hard to become a recovering addict.

friend addiction experience power

The one thing I will say for digital, and you won't hear me say that many complimentary things about it, is that it's cheap. It pretty much enables anybody to record as long as you can deal with the sound.

will me you long

I'm very realistic in my outlook on everything in life. When I look ahead in my mind to see what's going to happen next, I see the good and I see the bad.

good look mind life

Music is an escape for me. by Tom Scholz

Music is an escape for me.

escape me music

Most people live their life around what other people do. by Tom Scholz

Most people live their life around what other people do.

live most life people

Analog sounds so much better. I frankly can't listen to digital audio for more than a few hours without really starting to hate what I'm listening to. Even decent 24-bit digital resolution really irritates me after a while.

better me hate listening

I'm not one of those artists who doesn't want to play their most... by Tom Scholz

I'm not one of those artists who doesn't want to play their most popular songs.

songs who want play

Playing live was always definitely a lot more fun. You picture it: working alone in the studio eight or 10 hours a day with nobody else there, being frustrated and driven crazy by all of the things that you have to deal with, vs. thousands of people screaming and singing along with you playing.

alone day you people

All Boston songs are fairly difficult to translate to the stage. None of them are especially easy to play or sing. A lot of them, of course, have very involved arrangements with lots of different sounds and sections that are difficult to play and sing. The prospect of doing any Boston song live is always an endeavor in itself.

live doing easy song