Glenn talks about his kids.

[glenneaglesfan]

I’ve been enjoying an audio of one of Glenn’s solo concerts, and thought these comments he made about his kids were cute.

“I wish we had more time so that I could tell you about my three kids. Oh my god. Ok, I’ll tell you a little about my three kids."

"I have a fourteen year old daughter. To her, I’m an idiot, ok. She looked at me at twelve and thought “I’m not sure that he knows everything.” At fourteen she said “I know you don’t know everything.” So that’s my daughter. Except I keep telling her “You’re going to have to get a car, and I’m the DMV. So you’d better work out all that, all that early morning and late afternoon anger, because I’m going to be the guy who gets you the car, or doesn’t get you the car.”

“My son, my twelve year old son, has an aptitude for sloth. He’s going to have to be a musician, because all he’s going to do is sit around and play guitar in our house until we kick him out.”

“My three year old son, Otis; Otis is, he’s the fifth Eagle. He is, like he’s, uh – he watches these - we’ve been working on this video from Melbourne, so we use it now like a babysitting tool. Otis, ‘cause he’s seen a couple of shows, actually he was at Nassau and Continental Airlines out east last month. Otis gets up at 6, and Otis goes, like, ‘til 9 at night, and, like Joe Walsh and myself, he doesn’t want to sleep.

“So anyway, that’s my kids. That’s why I’m tired, that’s why I’m here. This is my chance to sleep. Ladies and gentlemen, I tell you right now that getting up at 5.30 in the morning to go to Bermuda looks like a good night’s sleep compared with things at the Frey house.”

“And, anyway, I love my kids…”

For non US readers, DMV is the Department for Motor Vehicles.
(From Microsoft Encarta)

Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, 6/4/05
Continental Airlines Centre, East Rutherford, NJ, 8/4/05
(Concert information from the fastlane 2005 tourblog, with thanks)

[Mrs Frey]

This is wonderful, GEF - thanks for posting it. It's really sweet, as well as humourous, and gives us an idea of what an attentive, observant and involved father Glenn is.

[EasyFeeling]

That's great! I love his sense of humor.

[DonFan]

Awww, that was so sweet. There is nothing so special as a man who really loves his children.

[Molly]

I have stolen and often used that DMV line on my own kids! Thanks, Glenn!

[sodascouts]

Aw, so cute! Thanks for posting those. I might put a couple of them on "Quotable Frey."

[Sexy Girl]

This is more than cute ... Foxwoods, I have very sweet memories of that night, and that little story about his kids was one of the night's highlights I can tell he loves his kids to bits.

Thank you so much for writing this up for us, I will copy it and keep it!!

[Glennsallnighter]

quoting Glenn
"I have a fourteen year old daughter. To her, I’m an idiot, ok. She looked at me at twelve and thought “I’m not sure that he knows everything.” At fourteen she said “I know you don’t know everything.” So that’s my daughter. Except I keep telling her “You’re going to have to get a car, and I’m the DMV. So you’d better work out all that, all that early morning and late afternoon anger, because I’m going to be the guy who gets you the car, or doesn’t get you the car.”

My daughter is 6 and I can already see the above conversation between herself and hubby brewing.............and don't talk to me about anger...

“My three year old son, Otis; Otis is, he’s the fifth Eagle. He is, like he’s, uh – he watches these - we’ve been working on this video from Melbourne, so we use it now like a babysitting tool. Otis, ‘cause he’s seen a couple of shows. Otis gets up at 6, and Otis goes, like, ‘til 9 at night, and, like Joe Walsh and myself, he doesn’t want to sleep.

F1 and HFO are excellent babysitting (and mammysitting) tools in our house too! And it must be something about 3 year old boys that they have the 6am - 9pm day programmed in. I'd love to see Otis, and my son give the Duracell bunny a run for its money.

“So anyway, that’s my kids. That’s why I’m tired, that’s why I’m here. This is my chance to sleep. Ladies and gentlemen, I tell you right now that getting up at 5.30 in the morning to go to Bermuda looks like a good night’s sleep compared with things at the Frey house.”

“And, anyway, I love my kids…”

Sounds like things at my house too. Maybe Glenn and I should get together to "compare notes" and "share the burden". Looks like we'd understand each other very (very) well

Oh and I love my kids too!!

[AgingHippieChick]

OMG...I sure didn't know Glenn has three kids!!! His wife must be very young! I'm learning a lot from this board!

[Glennsallnighter]

AHC if you want to see the lucky lady herself go to
https://eaglesonlinecentral.com/forum/showthread.php?t=301
and have a look at the 'River of Dreams' video

Suffice to say I'm very