The Eagles ended on a rather abrupt note, although in retrospect I realize now that it had been ending for quite some time.

Sometimes songwriters and singers forget that. They get a melody in their head and the notes will take precedence, so that they wind up forcing a word onto a melody. It doesn't ring true.

Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can never look back.

A man with a briefcase can steal millions more than any man with a gun.

Playing the drums hurts my back.

Selling eight million copies of your first album will mess you up.

I have a certain pool of subject matter that I like to write about, things that interest me: politics, religion, ecology, and relationships between men and women. And that's usually what I focus on.

I'm always jotting things down on pieces of paper. I've got pieces of paper all over my house.

I'm certainly not thrilled with everything the Eagles did, but there are some things I'm quite proud of.

I'm not on any crusade.

The Eagles ended on a rather abrupt note, although in retrospect I realize now that it had been ending for quite some time.

Between each album I try to gain a new insight that I didn't have before and perhaps write a song about something that I've written about before, but from a fresh viewpoint.

I have a bad back partially from playing the drums and singing. I used to have to hold my body in such a position that my spine got out of alignment.

Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.

Some records with drum machines on them sound phony and plastic. It all depends on how you use the tools.

I don't care what anybody says about Ringo. I cut my rock-n-roll teeth listening to him.

I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well.

It was pretty frightening because as we all know, when large, famous groups breakup, a lot of the members don't survive in solo careers.

I don't mind doing two or three Eagles songs and playing the drums. I'm not one of those artists who's going to sit here and deny the past.

I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people speak and put the emphasis on the right syllable.

I played drums on Keith Carradine's first record.

Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom.

I could stand out front and sing Eagles songs that I sing in my set, but I think people enjoy watching me sing and play the drums. It seems to fascinate people. I don't know why.

Mick Jagger can't even make a successful solo album, and the Stones are the biggest rock group that ever was.

I'm fortunate that I've been in this business long enough that I've earned the right to be left alone by my record company.

The Eagles and the critics were not the best of friends.

I'm blessed with a pretty good voice. So just sitting back there banging on the tubs wasn't enough.

I could have played more complex stuff. I could have been a busier player. But that's not what I wanted to do. I played what I wanted to play.

There are people in your life who've come and gone, they let you down and hurt your pride. Better put it all behind you, life goes on, you keep carrying that anger, it'll eat you up inside.

The land of opportunity spawned a whole new breed of men without souls.

Eagles are seagulls with a good hairdo.

I didn't live in the world of disco or the world of the Eagles.

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

The League is very well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out.

I'm certainly not thrilled with everything the Eagles did, but there are some things I'm quite proud of.

There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagles wings immortal scandals fly, while virtuous actions are born and die.

The Eagles ended on a rather abrupt note, although in retrospect I realize now that it had been ending for quite some time.

Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

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

There were bars that began to have acoustic musicians play, it was 1970: Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, America, The Eagles, all that kind of stuff was popular. It was very easy for me to just kind of move in and be noticed.

I don't mind doing two or three Eagles songs and playing the drums. I'm not one of those artists who's going to sit here and deny the past.

It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.

It's a great event to get outside and enjoy nature. I find it very exciting no matter how many times I see bald eagles.

If the Eagles were to get back together, it would have to be for the right reasons. I think it would look awful if it were just for the money.

We are better than anyone, ain't we? Except for the Eagles, the Eagles are better than us.

When looking at the evidence of feeding on large prey, you can see every size tooth from hatchling to adult in one spot. The babies may have been fed in the nest until they were full grown, like in eagles and hawks.

I could stand out front and sing Eagles songs that I sing in my set, but I think people enjoy watching me sing and play the drums. It seems to fascinate people. I don't know why.

Eagles don't flock, you have to find them one at a time.