Don Felder

As a kid, I had my head under the hood of a car, either an old Ford or a Chevrolet, just learning about it so if anything happened, I could repair it. ”

Every once in a while, it seems like the cosmos part, and something great plops into your lap. ”

There were about 400 heads of state from countries all over the world. I walked out and played 'Hotel California,' and everybody in the place gave me a standing ovation, and half of those countries don't even speak English. ”

I've always been drawn back to the South, whether it's Southern California or in Florida, where I grew up, and I wanted to write a song about that. ”

I graduated from high school at 165 pounds, so twice a year, I get back to that number - I never let it get to 172-73. Then I go back to doubling the cardio. This week, I'm on a complete liquid diet, a juice fast. It keeps me lean and hungry. ”

If I had a pull on 'One of These Nights,' on the first high note on 'One of These Nights,' that was just a tiny hair flat or something, I could just feel Henley's eyes scouring into the back of my head. No mistakes were allowed, and it really kept the quality at a high level. ”

My story, is how a kid that's born into really destitute poverty on a little dirt road in Florida winds up in one of the largest bands in history. ”

I never challenged control of the band. Basically, all I did was start asking questions. There's an old adage in Hollywood amongst managers: 'Pay your acts enough money that they don't ask questions.' And I started asking questions. ”

Being in a band with three guitar players, one thing you need to do is learn to make each guitar voice sound separate and identifiable. ”

Being on the road has about 2 1/2 hours a day that are really great, and that's when you're onstage. The other 21 1/2 hours are very boring... It becomes like a void, and we chose to fill it with all the wrong things. ”