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Myles Kennedy

(1969) Guitarist United States

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Myles Kennedy is a guitarist from the United States, best known for Ire land.

Quick Facts About Myles Kennedy

Born: November 27, 1969
Nationality: United States
Profession: Guitarist
Notable works: Ire land

About Myles Kennedy

Myles Richard Bass, known professionally as Myles Kennedy, is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Alter Bridge and of Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators alongside guitarist Slash. A former guitar instructor from Spokane, Washington, Kennedy has worked as a session musician and songwriter, making both studio and live appearances with several artists, and has been involved with several projects throughout his career.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Myles Kennedy

I'm kind of a firm believer that songs can have a shelf life with an artist.

Art

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I think I'm most proud of the fact that I was able to overcome the insecurities that were going to keep me…

Dream

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Not playing guitar on 'World On Fire' gave me additional time to fine-tune lyrics and melodies, which improved the songs in the…

End

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Because Slash is such a well-known performer all over the world, it definitely helped with the awareness of Alter Bridge. People come…

Awareness

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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…

Guitar

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

Mom

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

I think

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

Choices

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I don't feel like I really hit puberty until I was almost 17. I'd go to dinner with my family, and I'm…

Children

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

Anything

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Grunge was, to me, the last big movement. It had such an impact on pop culture. We haven't really seen anything like…

Age

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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…

Acoustic guitar

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The guitar saved me from a life of crime as a teenager.

Guitar

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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.

Completion

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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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I realized, year of the tiger was 1974, which was the year my father passed away when I was a kid... My…

Believe

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

More

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

Even

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I'm certainly no Bruce Springsteen in terms of being a storyteller, but I'm trying to get a better handle on it and…

Always

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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…

Emotions

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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…

Better

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

Cds

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

Forward

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'Apocalyptic Love,' that is pretty from the hip in the sense that, one day, Slash and I were talking - I think…

Crazy

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It's not like I'm writing full songs or full parts and setting it aside for Slash because, generally, I like him to…

He

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