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" I don't care what anybody says about Ringo. I cut my rock-n-roll teeth listening to him. "
Don Henley
Anybody
Him
Listening
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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. "
Don Henley
Play
Complex
More
" 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. "
Don Henley
New
Fresh
Try
" I'm blessed with a pretty good voice. So just sitting back there banging on the tubs wasn't enough. "
Don Henley
Good
Voice
Sitting
" Some records with drum machines on them sound phony and plastic. It all depends on how you use the tools. "
Don Henley
Sound
Drum
Plastic
" I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people speak and put the emphasis on the right syllable. "
Don Henley
Try
Like
Right
" Playing the drums hurts my back. "
Don Henley
Drums
Playing
Back
" The Eagles ended on a rather abrupt note, although in retrospect I realize now that it had been ending for quite some time. "
Don Henley
Now
Time
Ending
" Mick Jagger can't even make a successful solo album, and the Stones are the biggest rock group that ever was. "
Don Henley
Rock
Stones
Successful
" 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. "
Don Henley
Long
Enough
Company
" It was pretty frightening because as we all know, when large, famous groups breakup, a lot of the members don't survive in solo careers. "
Don Henley
Survive
Know
Pretty
" A man with a briefcase can steal millions more than any man with a gun. "
Don Henley
More
Steal
Than
" 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. "
Don Henley
Religion
Men
Women
" I'm not on any crusade. "
Don Henley
Any
Crusade
" I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well. "
Don Henley
Think
First
Know
" I'm always jotting things down on pieces of paper. I've got pieces of paper all over my house. "
Don Henley
Always
Paper
Over
" Selling eight million copies of your first album will mess you up. "
Don Henley
First
You
Mess
" Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom. "
Don Henley
Legal
Destroy
Independent
" I'm certainly not thrilled with everything the Eagles did, but there are some things I'm quite proud of. "
Don Henley
Things
Some
Eagles
" 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. "
Don Henley
Two
Sit
Mind
" Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can never look back. "
Don Henley
You
Look
Inspire
" The Eagles and the critics were not the best of friends. "
Don Henley
Friends
Critics
Best
" I could stand out front and sing Eagles songs that I sing in my set, but I think people enjoy watching me sing and play the drums. It seems to fascinate people. I don't know why. "
Don Henley
Enjoy
Think
Stand
" I played drums on Keith Carradine's first record. "
Don Henley
Record
Drums
First
" Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge. "
Don Henley
Sometimes
Light
Get
" I have a bad back partially from playing the drums and singing. I used to have to hold my body in such a position that my spine got out of alignment. "
Don Henley
Used
Singing
Position