When I was 16, I used to drive huge loads of laundry in a three ton truck. I would turn round at… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
I remember when I first rocked in it was a great big dance hall and Tommy Young was blowing trombone and Louis… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
What has changed for me is that I now have a huge family [Lightfoot has four children, from his first two marriages]… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
My first song was Hula Hoop Song, in 1955. It was a novelty song. I had to find someway to reach out… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
I got to sing solo in the junior choir when I was 10 or 11 and won a competition, and my sister's… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
I took the song The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face from a folk singer called Bonnie Dobson. I knew her… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
You just get the vibes of your surroundings and it rubs off on you. — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
There is always something wrong with a song, you can't be perfect. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Sometimes a broken dream will make you sad or make you mean. Sometimes things ain't bad as they seem. — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
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 Image
I was happy to be in England, because my mother had always loved the royals, and so do I. — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
![“I remember when I first rocked in it was a great big dance hall and Tommy Young was blowing trombone and Louis [Armstrong] was singing a tune and it was just Satchmo and you could hear it resounding through the dance hall and people were dancing. It was a highlight.” quote by Gordon Lightfoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6e4/gordon-lightfoot-7499_armstrong_i-remember-when-i-first-rocked-in-it-was_1230010.jpg)
![“What has changed for me is that I now have a huge family [Lightfoot has four children, from his first two marriages] - the result of my living.” quote by Gordon Lightfoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b45/gordon-lightfoot-7499_changed_what-has-changed-for-me-is-that-i-now-ha_1428560.jpg)
