129 Quotes by Don Henley

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    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

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    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.'

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    So much time weeping and wailing and shaking our fists, creating enemies that really don't exist.

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    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.

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    It's an inside job to learn about forgiving, it's an inside job to hang on to the joy of living.

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    My creative life is a constant struggle to achieve a balance between letting things flow in and letting things flow out.

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    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.

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