by Kyle Schnitzer at New York Post
A peeved Don Henley — co-founder of the legendary rock band Eagles — denied being a “drug-filled zombie” as he was grilled about his cocaine use during the Manhattan criminal trial surrounding handwritten lyric pages he claims were stolen from him.
Henley, 76, grew frustrated as he resumed his testimony in Manhattan Supreme Court — with defense attorney Scott Edelman asking the rocker whether it was true he used a “significant” amount of cocaine in the late 1970s.
“Significant? It’s not – ‘Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll’ is not revelatory. We used cocaine throughout the 70s intermittently,” Henley replied curtly, delivering an unusual lengthy answer.
“I was always lucid when I did business; I always performed in a lucid state,” he continued. “If I was some sort of a drug-filled zombie, I couldn’t have accomplished everything I accomplished before 1980 and after 1980.”
Henley, the band’s drummer and one of its lead singers,…
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