Glenn Frey quotes

Glenn Frey was an American musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the rock band Eagles. His work with the band produced numerous classic hits that shaped the sound of 1970s rock music. He also achieved success as a solo artist and contributed to the evolution of American popular music. Here are 22 of his quotes:

I'm just a bleeping maniac in straight clothing. There's no reason to dress my monster up. (Glenn Frey)
I've read somewhere that when you're writing, you should stop while you're doing well so you always want to go back to work. View quote
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I read the Life magazine articles about free love and free dope in California. At age 20 I drove to Los Angeles. View quote
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Some people, they just don't get a joke. View quote
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Except for a few guitar chords, everything I've learned in my life that is of any value I've learned from women. View quote
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Somebody asked my friend Bob Seger, Why do you think the Eagles broke up? He said, Hotel California. View quote
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Hey, I didn't make a big deal out of Hotel California. The 18 million people that bought it did. View quote
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I think musicians and artists are the most philanthropic people I know. Their charity record of the music business would hold up to the work of anybody. View quote
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There are only those certain people where things click - at least for me. View quote
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My songs grow on people - like warts. View quote
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If the Eagles were to get back together, it would have to be for the right reasons. I think it would look awful if it were just for the money. (Glenn Frey)
Without a reunion, the Eagles are forever young, like James Dean. View quote
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I won't apologize for ticket prices. I think we're well worth it. We consider ourselves in the elite touring acts, like the Stones, Elton John, Paul McCartney. View quote
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If you get a chance to be in a film, that's great. One of my goals is to make a record as good as Don Henley's album, Building the Perfect Beast. View quote
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The last two years with the Eagles were pretty intense times. There was a lot of drinking and we were all getting high a lot. My parents were relieved when I got off the Eagles treadmill. View quote
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I think it would be nice to sell 15 million albums as a solo artist. I'd have to deal with all the repercussions of that, but that wouldn't be too bad. View quote
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It was 1967, and the hippie thing was happening. I got into experimenting with drugs while I was in college in Michigan. View quote
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Hey, a woman changed her mind - what else is new? View quote
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I'm just as insufferable and useless as every other dad is. The dynamic never changes, no matter what you do for a living. View quote
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That's what I miss out of all this synthesized music - it starts to lose dynamics. View quote
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It seems when I put together records, as Henley used to say, they're just like movies. They should have action, tension, love scenes, places to relax. (Glenn Frey)
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. View quote
Glenn Frey

Glenn Frey

Glenn Frey - Image
Photo: Steve Alexander, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: American Musician
Born: November 6, 1948
Died: January 18, 2016
Quotes count: 22