The Eagles Quotes
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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 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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We live a protracted adolescence. At some point you must leave the party.
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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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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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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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I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people speak and put the emphasis on the right syllable.
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There are no facts, there is no truth, just data to be manipulated.
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It seems when I put together records, as Henley used to say, they're just like movies. They should have action, tension, love scenes, places to relax.
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It was a pretty good year for predators.
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Now I'm running against a woman who, my God, that's all she talks about. Our true heroes, it's the last thing in the world they talk about.
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Hey, a woman changed her mind - what else is new?
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If you're writing songs by yourself, who's going to tell you if it's good or not? But if you're writing songs with somebody else, you get that immediate feedback.
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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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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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Without a reunion, the Eagles are forever young, like James Dean.
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I am an expert witness because I say I am.
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With any level of success you get some non-musical things that come along - money, ego - and it's easy to lose your perspective and get off doing what you did to get there.
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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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My love for you will still be strong after the boys of summer have gone.
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I've been sober for so many years. It wasn't like you flick a switch, and you're sober. It takes a while. You have to learn how to do everything all over again. You can measure how long that takes in terms of years.
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For you girl, there is not enough love in the world.
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Playing the drums hurts my back.
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I'm just as insufferable and useless as every other dad is. The dynamic never changes, no matter what you do for a living.