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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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Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can never look back.
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The Eagles ended on a rather abrupt note, although in retrospect I realize now that it had been ending for quite some time.
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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 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.
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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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Some records with drum machines on them sound phony and plastic. It all depends on how you use the tools.
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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.
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Selling eight million copies of your first album will mess you up.
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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.
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I'm certainly not thrilled with everything the Eagles did, but there are some things I'm quite proud of.
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