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"Nobody told Don Henley or me that we were going to make it as solo artists, but I can speak for Don when I say that we are both really happy now that the band is not together."

"I just feel passionately about a few things and particularly about helping artists get off the ground."

"One of the things I want to do as an artist is to connect generations."

"You get used to it when you feel like you're an artist."

"Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man."

"Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention."

"Well, I worked with lots of different artists, of course."

"I have many favorite artists... Van Gogh as one, but he didn't really sing a lot!"

"But it becomes disrespectful when the artist's process is not respected."

"Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt."

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"But when you're beginning, you should try to focus on something you love and your own way of doing things."

"Music has become a bigger business, and with that there is more pressure to succeed; I think that it creates a negative pressure for being creative."

"Normally when I work with bands I'm trying to refine and improve what's already there."

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"I think that technology has both introduced new sounds but also allowed an increasingly painterly approach to recording music as you can now paint over what you've done and more and more refine an existing performance."

"I think we could have done a lot more great music, so I was disappointed that we didn't continue making records and touring, but it's hard to argue with 10 good years."

"For a young band about to make a record, make sure you get the vocals right."