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.
BOB SEGERMy management tells me, Don’t be optimistic, because it’s the young people’s world now. They want to hear what they want to hear, and you’re a classic rocker. I don’t know if you’re gonna get the play.
More Bob Seger Quotes
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She had been born with a face that would let her get away, he saw that face and he lost all control.
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I’m older now but still running against the wind
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With only one thing in common, they got the fire down below.
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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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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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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 write a lot of songs people don’t hear. I really just enjoy the process. I finish ’em all. I don’t think there’s a whole lot of difference between the bad ones and the good ones.
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When I try to write I try to write something different every time. That’s the challenge.
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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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Radio is so fragmented, it’s unbelievable.
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Tell them we’ll be dancing, dancing ’til we drop, it’s time to get down and do the Horizontal Bop.
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I was a runner, a failed quarterback, third-string quarterback, but in track I was a 2-miler.
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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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When you have kids, you start thinking about their future and you forget about yours.
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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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And you pretend it doesn’t bother you, When you just want to explode.
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Stood alone on a mountain top, starin’ out at the Great Divide. I could go east, I could go west, it was all up to me to decide. Just then I saw a young hawk flyin’ and my soul began to rise.
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Beautiful loser, where you gonna fall? When you realize, you just can’t have it all.
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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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Yeah, I’m just blessed to have this very strong thing, my vocals. I’m very healthy in that regard.
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I’ve never been unhappy with Capitol. Not really. They’ve been really good by me.
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They do respect her but, they love to watch her strut.
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He spent all night staring down at the lights on L.A., wondering if he ever could go home.
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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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He wants his home and security, he wants to live like a sailor at sea.
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I had the opportunity to be around my kids a lot. I guess I could have kept working, but I had them when I was 47. You only get to see all this stuff once. I just chose to work at home and watch them.
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