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Neal Schon [1954-0] American
Rank: 102
Musician, Guitarist


Neal Joseph Schon is an American rock guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist best known for his work with the bands Journey and Bad English. He is Journey's last original constant member, having participated in every album and tour to date. He was a member of the rock band Santana before forming Journey, and was also an original member of Hardline.
Schon was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame on August 23, 2013.


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Nobody's perfect. Everyone slides here and there, and they have their ups and downs. When they are down, that is not the time to step all over them.
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I'm just getting older and better.
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Beyond the Thunder is the closest I've recorded to an acoustic thing.
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There has been the biggest black cloud following me around. People believe it's all my fault that Steve is not here. He has always had an open door, and he doesn't choose to do this any more.
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The heavy guitars are the ones that sound good. They are not that comfortable, but they do sound great.
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The best part was watching Journey grow into this monster. The band was huge, playing these enormous gigs.
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I am not a pop musician; I don't want to play bubble-gummy pop stuff.
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You learn at a certain point that you have to focus on the business side of music. After getting ripped off a couple of times, you figure out that you need to get a grip on it.
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World Play is very '70s arena rock, very raw and in your face, and that's what we wanted. We recorded it in a very off-the-cuff manner and didn't really plan out how we were going to play. My solos are first takes.
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When I go out with Journey, it is a complete cakewalk. I can afford my own bus.
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What I have is a bunch of really hungry, amazingly talented guys that can kick anybody's rear end.
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We are taking close to $10 a CD the way we are doing it, and I think that is a fair amount to split up between five guys. Each of us makes like two bucks a record.
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We are doing what Prince did. Everyone that comes to a show billed as An Evening with Journey will get our new CD. We figured that is our best store because they are our biggest fans.
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The world now knows that Steve Perry is welcome to come and sing with us anytime he wants.
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In a lot of aspects it's cooler that we don't have a lot of really overly famous people in the band.
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I've never done a solo tour. I feel like getting out there and doing that.
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I never got into sports at all until I was in my early 20s, after my music career got going.
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I met the Santana band when I was 14. By the time I was 15, I was a member of the band.
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I keep on calling them records because they will always be records to me.
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I haven't stopped playing. If you play all the time, then your chops are up and you tend to grow.
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I've got the recording process down, and I can knock it out very quickly.
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I'm not a guy to go in the studio and spend months, let alone years, like some people do. I cannot even be in the studio for a month, it will drive me nuts.
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During the 1970s and 1980s Gibson did use my likeness, but we never signed anything. This new Signature model is the first time we struck a formal written deal for a guitar with my name on it.
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