“I think back to the Eagles, Elton John, people like that when I think ...” — Jeff Gutt Quote

I think back to the Eagles, Elton John, people like that when I think about the Troubadour. It's an iconic place.

I knew Chester. I've known Chester since 2001. I was in a band called Dry Cell, and we were signed by the same guy that signed Linkin Park, so that's how I knew him. He would come to some of our writing sessions and rehearsals; I'd see him in the studios that we were at.

And I'd spent 20 years in bars and nightclubs, dealing with promoters and getting ripped off and just everything that comes with all that stuff - paying your dues, I guess.

Making music with people is a very intimate process.

The great thing about the STP catalog is it's diversity.

If the Philadelphia Eagles weren't on, I wasn't interested. Unless I had a chance to watch Randy Moss.

Owning the Eagles is the ultimate fulfillment of every fantasy I ever had growing up in Philadelphia.

Sometimes I wish we were the Eagles. That's one thing they've always been able to do is want the same thing for the same reasons.

When the Eagles started, I was the best-known one in the band. I remember when Poco would play the Troubador, Glenn and Don would be in front of the stage, drooling and wishing they were in the band. But they'd never admit that now.

I want to leave the Eagles knowing that I left it in good hands.