Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.
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.
The Eagles and the critics were not the best of friends.
The Eagles ended on a rather abrupt note, although in retrospect I realize now that it had been ending for quite some time.
A man with a briefcase can steal millions more than any man with a gun.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
I played drums on Keith Carradine's first record.
I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well.
I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people speak and put the emphasis on the right syllable.
Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can never look back.
I don't care what anybody says about Ringo. I cut my rock-n-roll teeth listening to him.