Henley Quotes

“Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom.”

“What I loved about the acting class was that you got to think all day long about a person that wasn't you, and figure out why they were sad and what they wanted, what they dreamed.”

“Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.”

“The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was about a poor woman who worked at a dime store and who was all alone for Christmas in Laurel, Mississippi.”

“Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can never look back.”

“So many of us define ourselves by what we have what we wear what kind of house we live in and what kind of car we drive ... if you think of yourself as the woman in the Cartier watch and the Hermes scarf a house fire will destroy not only your possessions but your self.”

“It took me 42 years to write this song, and 5 minutes to sin”

“if god had intended us to follow recipes, He wouldn't have given us grandmothers.”

“That's my only active wish. I think if I sang like Don Henley, this would be a lot more agreeable business.”