I'm fortunate that I've been i...

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.

Fame, at one time, was associa...

Fame, at one time, was associated with accomplishment, but in this day and age fame and notoriety have become confused.

Lennon's was one of the first ...

Lennon's was one of the first voices I emulated when I began to sing. When we held tryouts in my pal's dad's living room for the singer in our band, I sang a Beatles song that Lennon sang. There is something about the timbre of his voice, something that it conveys, that still gets to me. The quality and the poetry of his lyrics. The wry sense of humor. And the boyishness, in the beginning. There are a great many things that touch me about him... Lennon was, to put it in his own words, a 'working-class hero.'

My creative life is a constant...

My creative life is a constant struggle to achieve a balance between letting things flow in and letting things flow out.

Armchair warriors often fail -...

Armchair warriors often fail - and we've been poisoned by these fairy tales

I think my first instrument wa...

I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well.

Sometimes to keep it together ...

Sometimes to keep it together you've got to leave it alone.

I now derive physical and spir...

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.

Nobody on the road. Nobody on ...

Nobody on the road. Nobody on the beach. I feel it in the air, the summer's out of reach.

For every moment of joy Every ...

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

What the head makes cloudy

What the head makes cloudy
the heart makes clear

Don Henley 03.03.2018 03:03:03 82 quotes

Fortune smiles on some, and le...

Fortune smiles on some, and lets the others go free.

I'm always jotting things down...

I'm always jotting things down on pieces of paper. I've got pieces of paper all over my house.

I'm blessed with a pretty good...

I'm blessed with a pretty good voice. So just sitting back there banging on the tubs wasn't enough.

I played drums on Keith Carrad...

I played drums on Keith Carradine's first record.

Between each album I try to ga...

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.

I could have played more compl...

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.

I'm certainly not thrilled wit...

I'm certainly not thrilled with everything the Eagles did, but there are some things I'm quite proud of.

Playing the drums hurts my bac...

Playing the drums hurts my back.

Cause a man with a briefcase c...

Cause a man with a briefcase can steal more money than any man with a gun.