Randy Meisner

“The band I was in, Soul Survivor, moved to Los Angeles in 1964 and tried real hard for two years.”

“I was always kind of shy. They wanted me to stand in the middle of the stage to sing 'Take It to the Limit,' but I liked to be out of the spotlight.”

“Some groups get started too fast, and they're in the studio before they're ready to record.”

“Glenn, with his playing and his personality, he was one special person. He was the frontman on stage. He was a good talker and really good with people.”

“It goes against my grain to yell at people.”

“I wanted more of my opinions accepted by the Eagles. I wanted to sing more.”

“I'd never worked a job in my life.”

“I decided I didn't need to make any more money; I had enough. And I felt I should be spending more time with my wife and kids.”

“I thought it would be nice to sit in with Timothy B. Schmit and sing 'Take It to the Limit,' but they pretty much gave me a 'no' in a roundabout way. I can't blame them. They have to keep their band the way it is.”

“You're like brothers in a band like that. Sometimes we got in arguments, but it was like a marriage, we all loved each other.”

“I got a great business manager. When he invests, you make money. I got my house paid off, my wife, two little chihuahuas and tomato plants that are five feet high right now. I'm happy as a clam.”

“Basically just being on the road so much and all the pressure of the Eagles eventually got to me.”

“It takes time to heal those wounds of divorce. I don't know if they completely heal.”

“It really wasn't fun any more, everything was too business-oriented. I just remember the old days when the band was really tight together, playing Eagle poker and just having a really good time while we were doing it. Towards the end, it just got too cut-throat.”

“Money changes people. It all seemed too big and arrogant to me I didn't feel like a member of the group. Everybody was fighting.”

“You don't see too many people on a farm. I didn't grow up dealing with a lot of people.”

“I just work around the yard. There's always something to do around the house. You fix one end of it and the other end breaks. It's very normal. I love it.”

“When it got to the point of sanity or money, I thought I'd rather have sanity.”

“I always wrote alone with the Eagles.”

“I was more shy, staying in the background.”