Quotes from Myles Kennedy

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

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

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

'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.

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.

My grandmothers on both sides chose not to go to doctors and passed away. We were entrenched in the Christian Science faith.

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.

'Year Of The Tiger' definitely has much more of a blues-based vibe.

I think what I've learned to do is not look inward as much.

Not playing guitar on 'World On Fire' gave me additional time to fine-tune lyrics and melodies, which improved the songs in the end. I'm very happy with how it turned out.

Everything I ever learned about rock, I learned from Led Zeppelin.

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.

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.

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

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

'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.

I'm certainly no Bruce Springsteen in terms of being a storyteller, but I'm trying to get a better handle on it and not always go after it from an autobiographical standpoint.

I only bleed when I'm all alone