Glenn Frey Quote

I was sad and surprised to hear that Glenn Frey died this past week.

“Take It Easy” was one of the first songs I learned to play on bass and then on guitar so Glenn’s voice has been going through my head for literally decades.

When I watched The History of the Eagles, this quote from Glenn stood out. It regards how he learned what it took to write a good song by overhearing Jackson Browne (through the floor boards) as Jackson composed in the apartment below his:

“Elbow grease, time, thought, persistence”

It obviously also applies to just about any endeavor, which is why I made a note of it to post later. Thanks and happy trails Glenn.

Nice Kickoff to the New Year

Billy Yang makes great films, usually of him or his friends running. His New Year’s post had a great quote in it from a poem by Mary Oliver, The Summer Day. I now suppose it’s oft quoted, but I had never read it previously:

“…

I don’t know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”

 

Best quote from this: “Always choose the window seat”