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I now derive physical and spiritual pleasure from gardening and there is tremendous satisfaction in knowing that I could survive almost anywhere if I had to.
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I was flying back from Lubbock and I saw Jesus on the plane, or maybe it was Elvis. You know, they kind of look the same.
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Some records with drum machines on them sound phony and plastic. It all depends on how you use the tools.
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It's a losing proposition, but one you can't refuse. It's the politics of contraband, it's the smuggler's blues.
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Take a ride on heavy metal, it's the only way that you can travel down that road.
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I grew up around music. My father was a professional musician. We used to have a trailer house that we travelled in. I've always loved music. Started out loving to sing to the standards and songs of the early 50s, then that interest shifted to rock and roll, Motown, folk.
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I think that's a powerful thing, to be able to engage your audience and let them put some of themselves into the music.
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I'd do a demo recording by myself, layering instruments on top of one another, and while that's fun, it doesn't have the same impact as getting some great players together in a great studio with a great engineer and producer, then waiting for the magic.
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We're looking at it that we're still one team. We want to put on blinders for now.
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When I was about 13 or 14. I was in a Kingston Trio type group. We evolved into the New Breed. Our first song on the radio was "Green Eyed Woman," not to be confused with "Green Eyed Lady".
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Fame, at one time, was associated with accomplishment, but in this day and age fame and notoriety have become confused.
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I've been writing songs all along, and since moving to Nashville in the late-'80s, I'd begun writing something like 15-20 songs a year, instead of the typical three or four in previous years.
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Our lives are changing, this old world keeps turning. And I sit here and wonder, baby, what we're really learning.
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When you're songwriting, it's like talking about your own life experience. When you're with a band, you have to compromise.
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I don't want to discount talent and ability, but I still maintain that a lot of it is just sheer desire.
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We played great all weekend and the kids played hard. It was a good weekend; I am proud of our team and our effort.
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Insect politics, indifferent universe. Bang your head against the wall, but apathy is worse.
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Arm chair warriors often fail.
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I knew Glenn Frey. He called me up in 1977 and told me The Eagles were looking for a bass player, preferably someone who could write and had a high voice. That was me.
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You can fix things with digital technology and there's a temptation to fix everything or make it perfect and what you're losing there is the human performance that may not be perfect but there may be magic in it. You can make it perfect but music doesn't sound good perfect for some reason.
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The last two years with the Eagles were pretty intense times. There was a lot of drinking and we were all getting high a lot. My parents were relieved when I got off the Eagles treadmill.
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I write songs; I record them. When I get enough, and it seems like a coherent piece, I call it an album.
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He's going mid-week for them but he'd be at the top of my rotation.
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We're being treated to the wisdom of some puffed up, little fart. Doing exactly what I used to do, pretensions to anarchy and art.