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

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

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.

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.

I really think one of the greatest allies you can have is the imagination of your audience.

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

It was 1967, and the hippie thing was happening. I got into experimenting with drugs while I was in college in Michigan.