It's a losing proposition, but one you can't refuse. It's the politics of contraband, it's the smuggler's blues.

The last two years with the Eagles were pretty intense times. There was a lot of drinking and we were all getting high a lot. My parents were relieved when I got off the Eagles treadmill.

Money was a much saner goal than adoration. They'll both drive you crazy but if I'm going to blow my brains out for five years, I want something to show for it.

I'm just a bleeping maniac in straight clothing. There's no reason to dress my monster up.

I think it would be nice to sell 15 million albums as a solo artist. I'd have to deal with all the repercussions of that, but that wouldn't be too bad.

Hey, I didn't make a big deal out of Hotel California. The 18 million people that bought it did.

I grew up in Detroit. So my mother always loved big band music.