Eagle Don Henley Is No Perfectionist

12/5/2007 Stephen L. Betts The Eagles’ Don Henley is aware that he’s been accused of seeking perfectionism when it comes to music, but he tells CMT Insider that there’s no such thing. “What we are after is excellence,” says the drummer and vocalist whose band topped the pop and country charts with their first new album (Long Road out of Eden) in nearly 30 years. “I don't know whether our rock 'n' roll music is an art, but if it is, it's also a craft. Songwriting is certainly a craft that we've always had a lot of respect for. We are students of all the best songwriters, going back before rock 'n' roll ever happened. Because the group's recent album may be their last, Don says the group wanted "to make it good. We wanted to say we're still here, we're still doing it, and if this is our last record, we'll be glad to quit here. If this is the end of our recording career as a group, then I think we're all pretty satisfied and pretty proud that this was our last musical statement.” Check out more of the interview with Don Henley, Glenn Frey, and Timothy B. Schmit, at CMT.com