Gordon Lightfoot Quotes

Canadian - Musician | November 17, 1938 -

You just get the vibes of your surroundings and it rubs off on you.

Gordon Lightfoot

YouVibesSurroundingsGetOffJust

I did a lot of canoe tripping earlier on. I was on 10 trips, and I would get the feel of the forest and the wilderness, you know, that I always knew was in my soul to begin with.

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SoulWildernessFeelForestYouGet

I never believed - or knew for sure - if I would be able to make a professional life in music. But it turned out that way.

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LifeMusicProfessionalWayNever

I have to play everything just perfectly. I can't take less of myself. I'm strong. I'm prepared.

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MyselfStrongPlayEverythingTake

Turning back the pages of my sweet shattered dream, I wonder if she'll ever do the same; And the thing that I call living is just being satisfied With knowing I've got no one left to blame.

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SweetBlameBackDreamLivingShe

I'm not really a bird person or an Audubon guy who studies them, but as I was around them, they interested me.

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BirdMePersonGuyWhoInterested

I know that we're being inexorably taken over by the Americans. Without a doubt. I don't mean invaded or anything like that, just taken over. By degrees.

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DoubtKnowMeanOverAnythingJust

Everybody's got so much of their own to deal with. They have no one to turn to.

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TurnOwnGotDealEverybodyMuch

I have just a really strong love for people when I perform. I really do.

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LovePeopleStrongJustReally

All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters.

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NamesFacesDaughtersSonsRemains

You hear about people who write 15 to 20 novels. How do they do it? You just gotta do it.

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PeopleYouWriteJustWhoHear

I started writing songs in high school, so you had to write this stuff out and register it with the Library of Congress. You had to learn how to do that stuff.

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