"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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"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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"I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet."

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"The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason."

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"First of all, you have to understand that I'm like anybody else. When I hear my voice on a record I absolutely loathe my voice. I cannot stand my voice."

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"I don't care what anybody says about Ringo. I cut my rock-n-roll teeth listening to him."

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"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."

Business

"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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"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."

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

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"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."

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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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"Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge."

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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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"Mick Jagger can't even make a successful solo album, and the Stones are the biggest rock group that ever was."

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