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.'"

When I got out of high school, I thought, I'll take a year or two off and play the clubs, get this out of my system, and then go to med school.

Clapton asked my brother to play on his record. I thought that was the most wonderful thing in the world.

There are as many ways to write songs as there are songs.

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

I have been going to the gym instead of the bar, trying to get back down to my fighting weight.

The Beatles had just come out, and everybody had a band. It was incredible competition out there.