Don Henley Quotes

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

Insect politics, indifferent universe. Bang your head against the wall, but apathy is worse.

My love for you will still be strong after the boys of summer have gone.

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

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.

An angry man can only get so far until he reconciles the way he thinks.

To want what I have, to take what I'm given with grace. For this I pray.

Playing the drums hurts my back.

The land of opportunity spawned a whole new breed of men without souls.

Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom.

There are people in your life who've come and gone, they let you down and hurt your pride. Better put it all behind you, life goes on, you keep carrying that anger, it'll eat you up inside.

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.

How can love survive in such a graceless age? The trust and self assurance that lead to happiness, they're the very things we kill.

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.

No shame, no solution, no remorse, no retribution, just people selling t-shirts.

The more I know, the less I understand

In forty-five minutes, it'll all be done. We'll all be good and crispy, but we'll still be number one.

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.

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

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.

Sharper than a serpents tongue, tighter than a bongo drum, quicker than a one night stand, slicker than a mambo band.

We got the bubble headed bleached blonde comes on at five, She can tell you 'bout the plane crash with a gleam in her eye, It's interesting when people die give us dirty laundry...

So much time weeping and wailing and shaking our fists, creating enemies that really don't exist.

Arm chair warriors often fail.

Some records with drum machines on them sound phony and plastic. It all depends on how you use the tools.