When you have kids, you start thinking about their future and you forget about yours.
BOB SEGERSometimes you can hear them talk, other times you can’t. All the same old cliches, is that a woman or a man?
More Bob Seger Quotes
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I just start playing music and eventually I sing something, a line of a verse or a B section or a line of a chorus, and the line that I end up singing is related to the music I’m playing, if that makes any sense. And I go from there.
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Up with the sun. Gone with the wind.
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One victim lives in tragedy, another victim stops to stare, and still another walks on by pretending not to see
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I write probably 80 percent of my stuff over the winter.
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It took me a long time to learn how to write a good song.
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Deep in my soul, I’ve been so lonely, all of my hopes fading away. I’ve longed for love, like everyone else does, I know I’ll keep searching after today.
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You go to LA, or you go to New York, and it’s really fun to go there. But they’re not grounded. Everybody is just competing all the time for the limelight. It’s too much entertainment industry. There are too many choices. And it’s distracting to me.
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Wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then.
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And just about the time I feel like screaming and finding me a wall to punch right through, I look up and I just can’t help smiling, it’s you.
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If I want to work, I can. If I want to play golf, or ride my motorcycle, I can. But the rest of it is family. Sometimes you’re not really needed by your family, but you’re there. And my kids like to know I’m there.
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It was 22 years of work in a row, right up until 1987. Twenty-two years in a row-either on tour, writing an album, or recording an album. It wasn’t until 1987 that I was able to take a breath.
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There was this long lovely dancer in a little club downtown, love to watch her do her stuff.
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I like people to just bring it to the table and feel the moment. And that’s why I’ve never done a session where I don’t sing live.
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Some people say love is a losing game, you start with fire and you lose the flame. The ashes smolder, but the warmth’s soon gone, you end up cold and lonely on your own.
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I’ve never been unhappy with Capitol. Not really. They’ve been really good by me.
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