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Creativity Quote by Glenn Frey

"There are only those certain people where things click - at least for me"

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Chemistry, in Glenn Frey’s framing, isn’t destiny or soulmates; it’s a practical filter. “There are only those certain people where things click” reads like a songwriter’s shorthand for the mysterious, unteachable part of collaboration: the moment when rhythm, taste, and temperament lock in without negotiation. The small tag “at least for me” matters. Frey isn’t selling a cosmic theory of human connection; he’s admitting a bias built from years of auditions, band politics, and late-night studio decisions where you learn quickly that talent alone doesn’t keep a group together.

The intent is quietly defensive, too. In the Eagles’ world - famously polished, famously combustible - “click” is a euphemism for compatibility under pressure. It’s about who can take critique, who can survive repetition, who can argue without poisoning the room. Frey’s career was spent converting friction into immaculate radio gold; this line hints at the cost. If only “certain people” work, the circle stays small by necessity. That can sound exclusive, but it also protects the work from becoming a committee project.

Culturally, it lands as a grown-up alternative to the modern myth that networking and “being open” will produce the right relationships on command. Frey is describing something older and less Instagrammable: the rare ease of shared instincts. When it clicks, you don’t spend your life explaining yourself. You just make the record.

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Glenn Frey (November 6, 1948 - January 18, 2016) was a Musician from USA.

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