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I looked at Willie Nelson and Farm Aid as a role model; they do it every year, and it draws people together, and drawing people together where they realize they're not alone, to me, is strategic in healing.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Drawing
Healing
Nelson
Strategic
Aid
Alone Together Me
Farm
Model
Looked
Role Model
Willie
Willie Nelson
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In the Eagles, you have specific assignments. You have vocal parts and musical parts that need to be exactly in place at the right time. And if all of us do our job, it becomes something bigger than any of us.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Assignments
Bigger
Eagles
Musical
Vocal
Time Right Something
Becomes
Exactly
Time Place Right
Parts
Specific
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I love being in a small club where everybody has a good seat, and we don't look like ants. And you can feel the audience, which makes it kind of magical, and I miss that. I guess I have the best of both worlds.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Ants
Love Best Good
Both Worlds
Seat
Magical
Worlds
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My wife was the part of me that was missing. And I got that whole family that came along with her in the deal. It's an extended family, and they're very close, and it's a dynamic that's never been around me before.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Extended Family
Missing
Family Wife Me
Family Me Wife
Dynamic
Extended
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I've been sober for so many years. It wasn't like you flick a switch, and you're sober. It takes a while. You have to learn how to do everything all over again. You can measure how long that takes in terms of years.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Long
Sober
Years
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The Eagles are four very alpha personalities. We've all done solo work, and we've all played with very good musicians, but when the four of us get together, it becomes something that's much bigger than any one of us.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Eagles
Get Together
Solo
Work Good Done
Work Good Together
Alpha
Personalities
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I was a student at Kent State University in May of 1970. I was also a musician in a regionally popular band called the James Gang. I was still going to class and stuff, but I was in and out because we were playing a lot.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Band
Class
Gang
Musician
University
Student
James
Popular
State University
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With modern technology and science, you can't find one instance in which an abortion would be needed to save a woman's life. There is no such exception as life of the mother, and as far as health of the mother, same thing.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Technology
Abortion
Mother
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It was pretty radical to go from the Eagles to being the only melodic instrument. You have to play a certain way. It's like the Who. It was a great kick in the pants for me to get my chops up and to improvise a little more.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Eagles
Pants
Radical
Great Me Way
Certain Way
Chops
Improvise
Instrument
Melodic
The Who
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I would say 'struggling' is a good word. We were all struggling to keep doing what we were doing, and more things were expected of us. I mean, one of the big things was how in the world are we going to top 'Hotel California?'
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Big Things
Hotel
Good World Doing
Good World Keep
Struggling
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There's a total separation between the federal government and the people. So running for president was an attempt on my part to get people to care enough to go vote. But people just don't bother. And that's why it's not working.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Bother
Federal Government
Separation
Government Enough People
Attempt
Government Care People
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I've been in all kinds of various arrangements of chain of command, and I was very comfortable - and everybody was - and I think the music shows that. I'm an honorary Foo Fighter, I guess. Or alumni or something. I'm proud to be one.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Alumni
Arrangements
Honorary
Chain
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When you're young, it's really easy to lose your perspective, which I did, really losing sight of who I was. I started believing I was who everybody thought I was, which was a crazy rock star. You know, 'Life's Been Good,' that story.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Rock Star
Sight
Life Good Your
Believing
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Digital technology has eaten classic radio as we know it. Independent stations with disc jockeys who chose their own music have all gone; it's these huge parent companies that own a hundred stations and then decide what we should hear.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Technology
Independent
Parent
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I am sober, grounded, focused, I'm writing again, I like where I am. I'm real positive and I got this great family that came along with my wife - I'm happily married and she's a great part of me that was missing - and I feel real good.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Real
Wife
Writing
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The big stadiums get totally packed, and everyone knows the words, and it's screaming young girls. I met a whole bunch of great Nashville musicians, and they accepted me in their community. Classic rock and country music go well together.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Accepted
Bunch
Classic
Classic Rock
Community
Nashville
Stadiums
Words
Totally
Great Music Together
Music Great Together
Country Music
Met
Rock
Musicians
Packed
Screaming
Young Girls
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People are texting and smash into the car in front of them - I think there is some humor in that. And the virtual games. People are playing these virtual games, but they're real - I mean, the people are really playing, but it's not a game.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Texting
Smash
Virtual
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L.A. is kind of flat these days; I guess Austin and other places are like that now. But that's what I wanted to get across: You could be as crazy as you wanted, and that was OK. You didn't have to be good; people would still come and hear you.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Austin
Good Crazy People
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I woke up one time coming out of a blackout, and I was on an airplane, descending to land in Charles de Gaulle Airport in France. And all I can think is I must have decided it was a good idea to go to France, and got my passport, and got on a plane.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Airplane
Decided
Descending
France
Land
One Time
Go
Time Good I Can
Airport
Blackout
Idea
Charles
Coming
Passport
Good Idea
Got
Must
Plane
Woke
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The new generation of musicians is writing music on computers, and this is very sad because the quality of songwriting has crashed and dived. There are some songs out that are made by only one guy who works a computer and doesn't play any instruments.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Quality
Sad
Computers
Computer
Instruments
New Generation
Songwriting
Works
Crashed
Generation
Musicians
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I was obsessive-compulsive, and I probably had a little splash of Asperger's in there, but in those days, in 1953, you were just a difficult kid. Attention deficit didn't even exist back then. I really had trouble completing tasks - I couldn't sit still.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Completing
Deficit
Tasks
Attention Deficit
Splash
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One of the things that Marjorie has done has given me the joy of family. It's a joy I never really knew. I spent a long time being lonely and hiding, and now, at Christmas, there's this huge family. That's something that's very new to me. And very special.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Hiding
Lonely
Family Time Christmas
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The best part of success is that it got me past the basic survival level of existence so that I was comfortable. I didn't have to worry about stuff pertaining to survival. Once that was taken care of, I got the chance sit down and create and work at what I do.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Survival
Success Best Work
Best Part
Pertaining
Success Is
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The one that achieved the greatest amount of success is the Eagles. And because it was really successful, it was a lot more fun. It still is. We get a chance to play music that a lot of people really relate to, and to play places all over the world. That's fun.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Eagles
Achieved
Play Music
Success Is
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When I married Marjorie, along with her, I got this very large family and a bunch of family friends. It's a dynamic I've never been around. I've always been kind of a loner, and my attempts at domestic life failed miserably. So the family dynamic is a great thing.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Domestic Life
Large Family
Life Family Great
Attempts
Domestic
Dynamic
Failed
Great Thing
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In 1980, we just ran out of steam. After about 15 years, Don Henley and Glenn Frey came to me and said, 'We have been thinking of starting the Eagles back up again, and we can't do it without you, and we can't do it unless you're sober.' I was just about homeless.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Eagles
Homeless
Ran
Sober
Steam
Back Up
Glenn
Unless
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Before we really started writing our own songs in the James Gang, we'd play covers, and then, in the middle of them, we'd go for a jam for four or five minutes. At some point, we had six or seven of those sections, and we didn't need to cover other people's songs anymore.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Five
Gang
Jam
Middle
Minutes
Sections
Seven
Six
Anymore
Cover
James
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I used to throw stuff out of the window and trash hotel rooms - and superglue all the drawers shut and superglue the toilet seat down and superglue the phone to the nightstand - and all kinds of stuff. I had a chain saw for a while. I didn't really use it but once or twice.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Hotel
Hotel Rooms
Rooms
Stuff
Trash
Used
Window
Once
Twice
Seat
Chain
Down
Phone
Saw
Toilet
Shut
Throw
While
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I enjoy my solo career because I get to play smaller places like clubs and theaters, and the interaction with the audience is much higher quality. It also sounds better than a baseball stadium. Everybody has a good seat, and I don't have to play a specific part like I do in the Eagles.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Quality
Baseball
Clubs
Eagles
Interaction
Play
Solo
Seat
Higher Quality
Smaller
Solo Career
Stadium
Theaters
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'Hell Freezes Over' happened, and the Eagles decided to get back to work. We've toured pretty much since then, and I've been around the world a couple times. I had never really gotten any momentum going in a solo project during that period of time - Eagles was pretty much a full time job.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Decided
Eagles
Momentum
Solo
Time Work World
Couple Times
Period
Project
Work Time World
Gotten
Toured
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You can fix things with digital technology and there's a temptation to fix everything or make it perfect and what you're losing there is the human performance that may not be perfect but there may be magic in it. You can make it perfect but music doesn't sound good perfect for some reason.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Technology
May Not Be Perfect
Temptation
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I was 20, and my reality was that people either went to college full-time, or they were draftable. The dear friends that I went to high school with that didn't go to college eventually wound up in Vietnam, and I noticed that they came home different. I was in Ohio during the Vietnam War era.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Friends
Home
War
College
Dear
Different
High School
Ohio
Reality
School
Vietnam
Vietnam War
Came
High
Either
Era
Eventually
Full-Time
Noticed
Wound
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I had seen my buddies crash and burn. Keith Moon died, and I always thought that was the way he wanted to go. John Belushi was a dear friend. A lot of the guys that I ran with were ending up dead, and I saw myself right on schedule to do that. I had some moments of clarity - once in a while.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Clarity
Crash
Dear Friend
Died
Moments
Moon
Ran
Wanted
Once
Seen
Buddies
Burn
Dead
Friend
Ending
Guys
Saw
John
Schedule
While
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If you raise taxes on millionaires and billionaires, you'll do nothing to address the debt and the deficit. And the thing you might do is you might finally put this economy over another cliff. These millionaires and billionaires are the folks that try to create jobs and help grow the economy.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Jobs
Debt
Trying
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Ricky Washington is from a Baptist church in Miami, Florida, and he can pretty much sing anything. We just started working it up at soundcheck, and holy smokes, it's just great! The audience gets to singing. So there's that stuff to do - find some old obscure R&B stuff - because we can do it justice.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Florida
Holy
Miami
Obscure
Baptist
Ricky
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I have some fond memories - a couple of the nights on the town ... a couple of songs I wrote when I was messed up that I'm sure wouldn't have come out of me unless I was messed up. It's kind of happy-sad about those days - I could do anything I wanted to. I did. And now I don't want to do any of that.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Fond Memories
Memories
Messed Up
Wanted
Sure
Days
Nights
Fond
Messed
Unless
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'Band Played On' is a good one. Barbara Orbison, who was Roy's wife, was involved in publishing in Nashville because she oversaw Roy's publishing, and she had a company in Nashville. She had a whole bunch of writers assembled, and they got together every day and wrote, and they write for everybody in Nashville.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Band
Barbara
Bunch
Involved
Nashville
Publishing
Together
Played
Writers
Every Day
Roy
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(The mainstream media) are so vested in our first black president not being a failure that it's going to be amazing to watch the lengths they go to to protect him. They, I believe, will spout this racist line if some of their colleagues up here aren't doing it aggressively enough. There is going to be a real desperation.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Believe
Media
Real
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You know, there’s a philosopher who says, “As you live your life, it appears to be anarchy and chaos, and random events, non-related events, smashing into each other and causing this situation or that situation, and then, this happens, and it’s overwhelming, and it just looks like what in the world is going on ? And later, when you look back at it, it looks like a finely crafted novel. But at the time, it don’t.
Joe Walsh / Former United States Representative
Events
Live Your Life
Looks
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