i went on the road with linda ronstadt, and we have three days off. he said, what do you want to do? i said, let's go to muscle shoals. i called david geffen on, and i said, can i have $500 to do a demo? i spent $2,300. i was in there for two days, and i brought the stuff back to david geffen. not only was he man i spend extra money, but he was not too impressed. he said, you should be in a band. you can play to your strengths. you can hide your weaknesses. you can be around some guys who are good. i set out to put together a band, and i knew i wanted to be with don henley, and i wanted great singers as well as great players, and we told linda ronstadt we want to have our own band. we said, we want to have our own end. -- band. you know who would be really good with you is bernie. good night she brought him in, and -- she brought him in, and we met him, and she helped us get randy meissner to replace the bass player, so linda really helped us get the eagles together, but that is a little serendipitous. tavis: you said a couple of things. i think you a