A lot of people influenced me as I was learning, but probably Bing Crosby was the most influential because I would hear… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
You hear about people who write 15 to 20 novels. How do they do it? You just gotta do it. — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow they can't rise above. — 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
I was in Britain that year [1963] and some music publishing people in Denmark Street in London suggested me to the BBC.… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
Of course I knew The Band's Canadian keyboard player, the late Richard Manuel, but I didn't play that night because I was… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
I have just a really strong love for people when I perform. I really do. — 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
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