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.

Somebody asked my friend Bob Seger, Why do you think the Eagles broke up? He said, Hotel California.

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

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

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.

Follow your musical instincts. Do what you feel is right. Don't be relegated to a certain category.

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