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.
BOB SEGERIt went on yesterday and it’s going on tonight, somewhere there’s somebody ain’t treatin’ somebody right.
More Bob Seger Quotes
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I’d rather make music than tour.
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Make a destination of the greater truth.
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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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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 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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Great sex is wonderful while it’s happening, but who remembers great sex they had in 1983?
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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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It went on yesterday and it’s going on tonight, somewhere there’s somebody ain’t treatin’ somebody right.
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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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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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Up with the sun. Gone with the wind.
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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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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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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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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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He wants his home and security, he wants to live like a sailor at sea.
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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 can only get my drummer in the winter; he plays with Grand Funk all summer.
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With only one thing in common, they got the fire down below.
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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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He spent all night staring down at the lights on L.A., wondering if he ever could go home.
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I work my back ’til it’s racked with pain, the boss can’t even recall my name.
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Radio is so fragmented, it’s unbelievable.
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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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It took me a long time to learn how to write a good song.
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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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