Don Henley

Musician

1947-07-22

Books by Don Henley

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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.
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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.
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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.
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A man with a briefcase can steal millions more than any man with a gun.
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I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people speak and put the emphasis on the right syllable.
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I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well.
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Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom.
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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.
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We live a protracted adolescence. At some point you must leave the party.
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