Both the Beatles and The Rolling Stones broke on the music scene the summer I was in England. I can vividly remember hearing 'She Loves You' in August 1963. — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
There was a TV show called Thank Your Lucky Stars, with the catchphrase "I'll give it five!" The Beatles and Stones were so popular when they were on it. One week The Beatles were number one and then the Stones… — 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
