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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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It took me a while to get an electric guitar and a bass and amps and stuff. Playing the acoustic guitar was much easier and more affordable. But I was always listening to the radio and was interested in all the rock and pop music.
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For every moment of joy Every hour of fear For every winding road that brought me here For every breath, for every day of living This is my Thanksgiving...
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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'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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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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I'm not easy to live with and I know that it's true. However, you're no picnic either, babe, and that's one of the things I liked about you.
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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 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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We're looking at it that we're still one team. We want to put on blinders for now.
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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 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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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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Insect politics, indifferent universe. Bang your head against the wall, but apathy is worse.
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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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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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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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He's going mid-week for them but he'd be at the top of my rotation.
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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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Arm chair warriors often fail.
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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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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.