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Don Henley
American
Musician
About the author
Playing the drums hurts my back.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
I'm certainly not thrilled with everything the Eagles did, but there are some things I'm quite proud of.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
#Eagles
I'm fortunate that I've been in this business long enough that I've earned the right to be left alone by my record company.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
#Right
#Business
#Company
I'm not on any crusade.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
It was pretty frightening because as we all know, when large, famous groups breakup, a lot of the members don't survive in solo careers.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
#Pretty
#Famous
#Careers
Sometimes songwriters and singers forget that. They get a melody in their head and the notes will take precedence, so that they wind up forcing a word onto a melody. It doesn't ring true.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
#Forget
#Will
#Word
#Wind
Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
#Solution
#Lies
Mick Jagger can't even make a successful solo album, and the Stones are the biggest rock group that ever was.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
#Successful
Selling eight million copies of your first album will mess you up.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
#Will
#First
#Selling
I'm blessed with a pretty good voice. So just sitting back there banging on the tubs wasn't enough.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
#Pretty
#Voice
Some records with drum machines on them sound phony and plastic. It all depends on how you use the tools.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
#Sound
#Tools
#Machines
I don't care what anybody says about Ringo. I cut my rock-n-roll teeth listening to him.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
#Listening
#Care
Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can never look back.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
#Hope
#Blind
#Idealism
I'm always jotting things down on pieces of paper. I've got pieces of paper all over my house.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people speak and put the emphasis on the right syllable.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
#Right
#People
I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
#Play
#Pretty
#First
I played drums on Keith Carradine's first record.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
#First
I have a certain pool of subject matter that I like to write about, things that interest me: politics, religion, ecology, and relationships between men and women. And that's usually what I focus on.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
#Relationships
#Men
#Religion
#Interest
#Focus
#Women
#Politics
#Ecology
I don't mind doing two or three Eagles songs and playing the drums. I'm not one of those artists who's going to sit here and deny the past.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
#Songs
#Past
#Mind
#Artists
#Eagles
I could stand out front and sing Eagles songs that I sing in my set, but I think people enjoy watching me sing and play the drums. It seems to fascinate people. I don't know why.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
#Songs
#People
#Play
#Eagles
I could have played more complex stuff. I could have been a busier player. But that's not what I wanted to do. I played what I wanted to play.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
#Play
Between each album I try to gain a new insight that I didn't have before and perhaps write a song about something that I've written about before, but from a fresh viewpoint.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
#Song
#Gain
A man with a briefcase can steal millions more than any man with a gun.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
#Man
The Eagles ended on a rather abrupt note, although in retrospect I realize now that it had been ending for quite some time.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
#Time
#Now
#Ending
#Eagles
The Eagles and the critics were not the best of friends.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
#Friends
#Eagles
I have a bad back partially from playing the drums and singing. I used to have to hold my body in such a position that my spine got out of alignment.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
#Singing
#Body
Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.
Don Henley,
American
Musician
#Light