"Sometimes songwriters and singers forget that. They get……" — Don Henley
"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."
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78 Quotes by Don Henley
Don Henley has 78 quotes on this site.
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In the old days, words like sin and Satan had a moral certitude. Today, they're replaced with self-help jargon, words…
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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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The more I know, the less I understand
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Don't look back, you can never look back
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Who knows how long this will last, now we've come so far so fast.
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I have a bad back partially from playing the drums and singing. I used to have to hold my body…
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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…
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I said, baby, do you have no shame? She just looked at me, uncomprehendingly, like cows at a passing train.
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The bubble headed bleach blonde comes on at five, she can tell you about the plane crash with a gleam…
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No one in this country need go hungry, and alleviating the problem is primarily a matter of readjusting our priorities.…
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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…
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The trouble with you and me my friend, is the trouble with this nation, too many blessings, too little Appreciation.
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More Forcing Quotes
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On the 17th of May, the Delos put out to sea. I was immediately affected with sea-sickness, which, however, lasted…
— John James Audubon
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Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned…
— Harry Browne
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Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.
— Carol Burnett
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There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood.…
— Maria Callas
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The Chinese describe themselves as political refugees. Many base that claim on China's strict population laws, which allow them to…
— Ed Koch
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We communicate happiness to others not often by great acts of devotion and self-sacrifice, but by the absence of fault-finding…
— Adam Clarke
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Our job is to get out of the way of ourselves and let the art flow through us. We need…
— Kyle Cease
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Trying to force things only disturbs your goals. Forcing will not help. Everything happens in its right time.
— Judith Orloff
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It is the omnipresent rush of water which give the Este Gardens their peculiar character. From the Anio, drawn up…
— Edith Wharton
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The spirit of improvement is not always a spirit of liberty, for it may aim at forcing improvements on an…
— John Stuart Mill
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The Bauls say, "Don't try to force anything." Let life be a deep let-go. See God opening millions of flowers…
— Rajneesh
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Freedom is the basic thing. Consciousness grows in freedom and starts dying, becomes paralyzed and crippled, when things are forced.…
— Rajneesh
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