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"I'm the 1st black platinum artist in Detroit, solo artist in Detroit."
"There were a lot of choices to make and I always picked artist. I never once picked doctor, lawyer, firemen or something like that. It was always artist."
"I've always wanted to be a real universal artist, one that every type of audience could relate to."
"A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less keep doing their style. It's so easy to get into that rut of production."
"I knew it would happen. I knew I'd be No. 1. I'm a new artist; I don't know the rules. Nobody told me it wouldn't happen."
"You have to write badly to write at all. If it's crappy, I will rewrite it later. But it will be mine. You can hear the resonance of an artist who goes into herself."
Explore more quotes by Don Henley
"Mick Jagger can't even make a successful solo album, and the Stones are the biggest rock group that ever was."
"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."
"Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom."
"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."
"I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people speak and put the emphasis on the right syllable."
"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."
"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 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 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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