It took me a long time to learn how to write a good song.
BOB SEGERI’d rather make music than tour.
More Bob Seger Quotes
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Later in the evening when you lie awake in bed with the echoes from the amplifiers ringing in your head.
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They do respect her but, they love to watch her strut.
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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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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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Beautiful loser, where you gonna fall? When you realize, you just can’t have it all.
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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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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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I’ve never been unhappy with Capitol. Not really. They’ve been really good by me.
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Radio is so fragmented, it’s unbelievable.
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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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I was a runner, a failed quarterback, third-string quarterback, but in track I was a 2-miler.
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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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I work my back ’til it’s racked with pain, the boss can’t even recall my name.
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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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