Don Henley Quotes
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The wisdom that living brings, since I got a telegram from the God of simple things.
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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.
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Mick Jagger can't even make a successful solo album, and the Stones are the biggest rock group that ever was.
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We all know that crap is king, give us dirty laundry.
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Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.
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We live a protracted adolescence. At some point you must leave the party.
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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.
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Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom.
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There are no facts, there is no truth, just data to be manipulated.
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I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people speak and put the emphasis on the right syllable.
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It was a pretty good year for predators.
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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.
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I don't care what anybody says about Ringo. I cut my rock-n-roll teeth listening to him.
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I saw a Dead Head sticker on a Cadillac. A little voice inside my head said, don't look back, you can never look back.
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In the old days, words like sin and Satan had a moral certitude. Today, they're replaced with self-help jargon, words like dysfunction and antisocial behavior, discouraging any responsibility for one's actions.
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Sharper than a serpents tongue, tighter than a bongo drum, quicker than a one night stand, slicker than a mambo band.
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I'm certainly not thrilled with everything the Eagles did, but there are some things I'm quite proud of.
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For you girl, there is not enough love in the world.
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An angry man can only get so far until he reconciles the way he thinks.
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The trouble with you and me my friend, is the trouble with this nation, too many blessings, too little Appreciation.
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There are people in your life who've come and gone, they let you down and hurt your pride. Better put it all behind you, life goes on, you keep carrying that anger, it'll eat you up inside.
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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.
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No one in this country need go hungry, and alleviating the problem is primarily a matter of readjusting our priorities. In both the government and the private sector, self-interest has displaced the ideal of community that made this country great. The old world view of "us, we, our" has been replaced by "I, me, mine." The reasons for this are manifold and complex, but at the end of the day, we need to remember that, if one of us is suffering needlessly, all of us are diminished.
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Selling eight million copies of your first album will mess you up.