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

People don't care how you feel. You need to paint pictures, you need to tell stories. That's what people want. They want to be entertained. Then all of the other stuff kind of filters across as part of the whole thing.

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

We set out to become a band for our time. But sometimes if you do a good-enough job, you become a band for all time.

I wanted to sing songs that my voice was comfortable with.

Without a reunion, the Eagles are forever young, like James Dean.