Top 27 Quotes by Don Henley

I'm certainly not thrilled with everything the Eagles did, but there are some things I'm quite proud of.

Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.

Playing the drums hurts my back.

The Eagles ended on a rather abrupt note, although in retrospect I realize now that it had been ending for quite some time.

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.

I don't mind doing two or three Eagles songs and playing the drums. I'm not one of those artists who's going to sit here and deny the past.

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.

I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well.

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.

Selling eight million copies of your first album will mess you up.