Don Henley
Don Henley
Donald Hugh "Don" Henleyis an American singer-songwriter, producer, and drummer, best known as a founding member of the Eagles before launching a successful solo career. Henley was the drummer and co-lead vocalist for the Eagles from 1971–1980, when the band broke up, and from 1994–2016, when they reunited. Henley sang the lead vocals on Eagles hits such as "Witchy Woman", "Desperado", "Best of My Love", "One of These Nights", "Hotel California", "Life in the Fast Lane", and "The Long Run"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth22 July 1947
CityGilmer, TX
CountryUnited States of America
Cause a man with a briefcase can steal more money than any man with a gun.
The bubble headed bleach blonde comes on at five, she can tell you about the plane crash with a gleam in her eye. It's interesting when people die, gives us dirty laundry.
Nobody on the road. Nobody on the beach. I feel it in the air, the summer's out of reach.
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.
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.
Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can never look back.
The wisdom that living brings, since I got a telegram from the God of simple things.
I am an expert witness because I say I am.
What are these voices outside love's open door Make us throw off our contentment, and beg for something more? I'm learning to live without you now But I miss you sometimes The more I know, the less I understand All the things I thought I knew, I'm learning again
I'm blessed with a pretty good voice. So just sitting back there banging on the tubs wasn't enough.
Lennon's was one of the first voices I emulated when I began to sing. When we held tryouts in my pal's dad's living room for the singer in our band, I sang a Beatles song that Lennon sang. There is something about the timbre of his voice, something that it conveys, that still gets to me. The quality and the poetry of his lyrics. The wry sense of humor. And the boyishness, in the beginning. There are a great many things that touch me about him... Lennon was, to put it in his own words, a 'working-class hero.'
Mick Jagger can't even make a successful solo album, and the Stones are the biggest rock group that ever was.
I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people speak and put the emphasis on the right syllable.
So much time weeping and wailing and shaking our fists, creating enemies that really don't exist.