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.
BOB SEGEROne victim lives in tragedy, another victim stops to stare, and still another walks on by pretending not to see
More Bob Seger Quotes
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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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Yeah, I’m just blessed to have this very strong thing, my vocals. I’m very healthy in that regard.
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They do respect her but, they love to watch her strut.
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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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Out past the cornfields where the woods got heavy, out in the back seat of my ’60 Chevy. Workin’ on mysteries without any clues, workin’ on our night moves.
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I want to be sure I can deliver what people expect to hear. I just don’t know if I can physically do it. Or if I should.
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Alfred Hitchcock, Isaac Newton, Elvis Presley, Captain Bligh, they’re heroic or pathetic depending on which book you buy.
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Every now and then you’ll nail one that’s really, really special. And that’s what you live for.
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Even in junior high, I always knew I had a talent for music and I knew I could make money that way.
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Make a destination of the greater truth.
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Sometimes you can hear them talk, other times you can’t. All the same old cliches, is that a woman or a man?
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I can only get my drummer in the winter; he plays with Grand Funk all summer.
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Call me a relic, call me what you will, say I’m old fashion, say I’m over the hill. Today’s music ain’t got the same soul, I like that old time rock and roll.
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Wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then.
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I write probably 80 percent of my stuff over the winter.
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And you pretend it doesn’t bother you, When you just want to explode.
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My walk had purpose, my steps were quick and light, and I held firmly to what I felt was right.
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I’ve never been unhappy with Capitol. Not really. They’ve been really good by me.
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Great sex is wonderful while it’s happening, but who remembers great sex they had in 1983?
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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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The two hours onstage is great. But I can only play a show and then take a night off. I have to sing for two hours, and then I’ve gotta rest it for a night. So it’s the other 46 hours that are just boring as heck.
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Take a lesson from the trees, watch the way they bend with each breeze, little victories.
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When you’re in a relationship, you’re always surrounded by a ring of circumstances… joined together by a wedding ring, or in a boxing ring.
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I’m just trying to keep things simple, and just be a little more offhand and not get so deep into things. Enjoy what you got right now, because who knows what’s going to happen tomorrow.
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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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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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