I took the song The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face from a folk singer called Bonnie Dobson. I knew her and she had a record with that track on it. — 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 there as a guest with my record executives. People ask, "why didn't you play?" If I had known… — 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
