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> [Some years later I met Queen Elizabeth II, in our capital Ottawa at a Canada Day celebration. David Foster and I were doing the show and we both met her afterwards. She told me how much she loved the Canadian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-lightfoot/some-years-later-i-met-queen-elizabeth-ii-in-our-capital-ottawa-at-a/)

[Gordon Lightfoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-lightfoot/)

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## More by Gordon Lightfoot

> [You just get the vibes of your surroundings and it rubs off on you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-lightfoot/you-just-get-the-vibes-of-your-surroundings-and-it-rubs-off-on-you/)

[Gordon Lightfoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-lightfoot/)

> [There is always something wrong with a song, you can't be perfect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-lightfoot/there-is-always-something-wrong-with-a-song-you-can-t-be-perfect/)

[Gordon Lightfoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-lightfoot/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-lightfoot/i-love-jazz-i-still-do-dave-brubeck-and-stan-getz-are-so-good-i-took/)

[Gordon Lightfoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-lightfoot/)

> [I was a drummer in the bugle band in cadets. I marched. It's probably quite funny to look back on it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-lightfoot/i-was-a-drummer-in-the-bugle-band-in-cadets-i-marched-it-s-probably/)

[Gordon Lightfoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-lightfoot/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-lightfoot/i-wrote-one-called-the-no-hotel-i-got-inspired-in-1989-while-i-was-on/)

[Gordon Lightfoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-lightfoot/)

> [I never believed - or knew for sure - if I would be able to make a professional life in music. But it turned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-lightfoot/i-never-believed-or-knew-for-sure-if-i-would-be-able-to-make-a/)

[Gordon Lightfoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-lightfoot/)

> [I try to keep it light and positive most of the time, whereas earlier on I didn't always do that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-lightfoot/i-try-to-keep-it-light-and-positive-most-of-the-time-whereas-earlier/)

[Gordon Lightfoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-lightfoot/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-lightfoot/i-try-to-write-songs-at-our-concerts-we-take-the-cream-of-the-crop/)

[Gordon Lightfoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-lightfoot/)

> [Sometimes a broken dream will make you sad or make you mean. Sometimes things ain't bad as they seem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-lightfoot/sometimes-a-broken-dream-will-make-you-sad-or-make-you-mean-sometimes/)

[Gordon Lightfoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-lightfoot/)

> [She is my flower and she blooms for the one who loves her best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-lightfoot/she-is-my-flower-and-she-blooms-for-the-one-who-loves-her-best/)

[Gordon Lightfoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-lightfoot/)

> [If there's a reason for the way that life is I'd like to find it. After all, who's life is it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-lightfoot/if-there-s-a-reason-for-the-way-that-life-is-i-d-like-to-find-it/)

[Gordon Lightfoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-lightfoot/)

> [I was happy to be in England, because my mother had always loved the royals, and so do I.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-lightfoot/i-was-happy-to-be-in-england-because-my-mother-had-always-loved-the/)

[Gordon Lightfoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-lightfoot/)

> [ It was very interesting time to be in England. Even at that point \[John\] Lennon and \[Paul\] McCartney influenced my writing. I thought, "maybe… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-lightfoot/it-was-very-interesting-time-to-be-in-england-even-at-that-point-john/)

[Gordon Lightfoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-lightfoot/)

> [The giant neon spinning discs are a reminder of the huge role that Sam Sniderman and his store played in the cultural life of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-lightfoot/the-giant-neon-spinning-discs-are-a-reminder-of-the-huge-role-that/)

[Gordon Lightfoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-lightfoot/)

> [She been looking like a queen in a sailor's dream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-lightfoot/she-been-looking-like-a-queen-in-a-sailor-s-dream/)

[Gordon Lightfoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-lightfoot/)

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