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.
BOB SEGERRadio is so fragmented, it’s unbelievable.
More Bob Seger Quotes
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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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He wants his home and security, he wants to live like a sailor at sea.
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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 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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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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I write probably 80 percent of my stuff over the winter.
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Wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then.
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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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Alfred Hitchcock, Isaac Newton, Elvis Presley, Captain Bligh, they’re heroic or pathetic depending on which book you buy.
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The years rolled slowly past and I found myself alone. Surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends, I found myself further and further from my home.
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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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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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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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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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Make a destination of the greater truth.
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