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
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.
How can love survive in such a graceless age? The trust and self assurance that lead to happiness, they're the very things we kill.
It's an inside job to learn about forgiving, it's an inside job to hang on to the joy of living.
Remember how you made me crazy, remember how I made you scream.
My creative life is a constant struggle to achieve a balance between letting things flow in and letting things flow out.
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.
Fortune smiles on some, and lets the others go free.
I'm not easy to live with and I know that it's true. However, you're no picnic either, babe, and that's one of the things I liked about you.
I don't want to discount talent and ability, but I still maintain that a lot of it is just sheer desire.