A lot of people influenced me as I was learning, but probably Bing Crosby was the most influential because I would hear his Christmas albums, which my parents played a lot. — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
I love jazz. I still do. Dave Brubeck and Stan Getz are so good. I took a notification course in Jazz Orchestration. It wasn't… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share
I was a drummer in the bugle band in cadets. I marched. It's probably quite funny to look back on it. — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share
I wrote one called 'The No Hotel.' I got inspired in 1989 while I was on a trip down to Brazil, and I didn't… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share
I never believed - or knew for sure - if I would be able to make a professional life in music. But it turned… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share
I try to keep it light and positive most of the time, whereas earlier on I didn't always do that. — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share
I try to write songs. At our concerts, we take the cream of the crop from my back catalogue and I don't know if… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share
Sometimes a broken dream will make you sad or make you mean. Sometimes things ain't bad as they seem. — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share
If there's a reason for the way that life is I'd like to find it. After all, who's life is it? — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share
I was happy to be in England, because my mother had always loved the royals, and so do I. — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share
It was very interesting time to be in England. Even at that point [John] Lennon and [Paul] McCartney influenced my writing. I thought, "maybe… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share
The giant neon spinning discs are a reminder of the huge role that Sam Sniderman and his store played in the cultural life of… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share
