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.

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.

I've read somewhere that when you're writing, you should stop while you're doing well so you always want to go back to work.

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

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.

Hey, a woman changed her mind - what else is new?

I read the Life magazine articles about free love and free dope in California. At age 20 I drove to Los Angeles.