From an interview with JD Souther about the song
The Eagles had a hit last year with a version of your song "How Long," which was written back in the 1970s about the Vietnam War. How do you feel that it's still relevant?
A: I'm delighted they did the song, and grateful for radio responding to it and people listening to it and music fans thinking it was relevant. But I'm sorry that it's necessary. I wish there wasn't a war anymore. Most people wish that. I don't know that there's a single soul that wants to be at war... I'm maintaining a kind of guarded optimism. I don't see any upside to being a pessimist. By choice, I'm an optimist.
From an interview with JD Souther about the song The Eagles had a hit last year with a version of your song "How Long," which was written back in the 1970s about the Vietnam War. How do you feel that it's still relevant?
A: I'm delighted they did the song, and grateful for radio responding to it and people listening to it and music fans thinking it was relevant. But I'm sorry that it's necessary. I wish there wasn't a war anymore. Most people wish that. I don't know that there's a single soul that wants to be at war... I'm maintaining a kind of guarded optimism. I don't see any upside to being a pessimist. By choice, I'm an optimist.