I left home the day after I graduated from high school because I knew we weren't going to make any dough to pay the rent in music.

I didn't think we would ever make enough money to pay rent by playing music.

I was talking to Jackson Browne on the phone. He said, 'I'm the slowest writer in the world.' I said, 'No, no, no. You're the second slowest. It seems the older you get the slower they come. I wonder if it is like that for everybody?' He said, 'It ain't with Don Henley. He seems to be writing more than ever.'"

It's hard to live your life in color, and tell the truth in black and white.

I've come to the conclusion that I'm not supposed to be married.

I left home the day after I graduated from high school because I knew we weren't going to make any dough to pay the rent in music.

You take all the time to write a song: you have to let it ooze on out by its natural self and that is pretty time consuming. Then you teach it to the band so everybody gets all the parts. Then you rehearse it and road test it, and all that. Then you get to the studio and there is a new guy in the band who calls himself the producer, right? Huh. He either makes it or breaks it usually before nightfall.