Favorite quotes from all members

[The Silk Scarf Monkey]

My second thread and I’m hoping I’m not just reposting stuff that has been done 10 times before. I’ll start off with some nice sayings I know from Glenn, like “People don't run out of dreams, people just run out of time” and "I'm from Detroit - where mother is half a word". Then there’s Joe. “I can't complain, but sometimes I still do” comes to mind from Life’s Been Good, which could have been a quote by itself, but I would choose “If you just act like you know what you're doing, everybody thinks that you do”. It’s once again from a song but it’s so typical Joe. I also like the one in my signature, but I would rather call that random nonsense. I think you can tell now who’s my favorite Eagle… Yep, that’s right… Don Henley! But Joe comes second. Anyway, the line in Don’s My Thanksgiving sounds like a good one as well: “Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge”. But that’s pretty much it. I don’t even know for sure if anybody can come up with memorable Randy and Bernie quotes… I hope so!

[thelastresort]

I've no idea if he's ever said it prolifically, but I enjoyed Joe's 'If I'd known I'd have to play this the rest of my life I would have written something else' before RMW at his Crossroads 2004 appearance.

Henley had a blinding quote about life in the Billy Joel interview he did recently, but for the life of me I can't remember what he said.

[Eagles7]

From their musical quotes, I've always loved " you can see the stars and still not see the light, " and "So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains
And we never even know we have the key." From Already Gone

[NightMistBlue]

That "probably can't find a Bernie or Randy quote" sounded a bit like a challenge so here we go.

I like this pithy Randy quote for its honesty - he was talking to an Associated Press reporter about the disappointing sales of his first solo album, which caused him to be unceremoniously dropped by his label:
"I probably had a lot of fans, but not as many as I probably needed."
Source: The Eagle Who Flew the Nest, 12/5/1980

Just kind of sums it up, doesn't he? No beating about the bush.

Here is Bernie in a letter to music industry pundit Bob Lefsetz, January 2016:

One thing I learned over the years about a songwriter expressing very personal feelings, is that it turns out that since all humans feel essentially the same feelings, but that most folks don't know how to express them, that when a songwriter talks about something very personal, it turns out to have universal appeal, because everyone can say "yeah! That's how I feel! He understands me like no one else!" So in a very counterintuitive way, it’s not the large general statement which has universal appeal, but rather the most intimate and personal which does.

[LuvTim]

That "probably can't find a Bernie or Randy quote" sounded a bit like a challenge so here we go.

I like this pithy Randy quote for its honesty - he was talking to an Associated Press reporter about the disappointing sales of his first solo album, which caused him to be unceremoniously dropped by his label:
"I probably had a lot of fans, but not as many as I probably needed."
Source: The Eagle Who Flew the Nest, 12/5/1980

Just kind of sums it up, doesn't he? No beating about the bush.

Here is Bernie in a letter to music industry pundit Bob Lefsetz, January 2016:

One thing I learned over the years about a songwriter expressing very personal feelings, is that it turns out that since all humans feel essentially the same feelings, but that most folks don't know how to express them, that when a songwriter talks about something very personal, it turns out to have universal appeal, because everyone can say "yeah! That's how I feel! He understands me like no one else!" So in a very counterintuitive way, it’s not the large general statement which has universal appeal, but rather the most intimate and personal which does.

NMB, your quote from Bernie echoes the same sentiment about the personal nature of writing lyrics, which is expressed by Timothy B. Schmit in this quote, "When you're songwriting, it's like talking about your own life experience."

[Funk 50]

One of my favourite quotes was actually a conversation as they were waiting around in a lobby somewhere.

Glenn - (reading a magazine article) "Hey Joe, it says here that humans only ever use about 75% of their total brain capacity"

Joe - "Wow! so what do they do with the other 3rd?"

or something like that..

[The Silk Scarf Monkey]

I've no idea if he's ever said it prolifically, but I enjoyed Joe's 'If I'd known I'd have to play this the rest of my life I would have written something else' before RMW at his Crossroads 2004 appearance.

Henley had a blinding quote about life in the Billy Joel interview he did recently, but for the life of me I can't remember what he said.

I recall him saying something about how life was difficult back then when he was young, yet it was simpler and happier than nowadays. I forgot the actual way he said it, but I think we are referring to the same thing. I have watched the whole interview some time ago (the most fun way to not be productive at all and waste a full day away). I guess it’s the price we all have to pay for being in an Eagly mood every now and then.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Well let's see - here a couple that come to my mind at first thought ...

Joe says one of the scariest (or worst?) things that ever happened to him was that Keith Moon decided he liked him.

And one of my favorite Henley lyrics that must have quoted a hundred times on this board: "There's three sides to every story; there's yours and there's mine and the cold, hard truth".

[The Silk Scarf Monkey]

And I shouldn’t forget Glenn commenting on Joe joining the band: That's another adventure, because Joe was an interesting bunch of guys.

I believe it’s from the documentary.

[UndertheWire]

"Any rock & roll band is like a kindergarten class." Timothy.