I write probably 80 percent of my stuff over the winter.
BOB SEGERThe 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.
More Bob Seger Quotes
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I really like the thing I did with Martina McBride. I had that song sitting around for a long time.
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And you pretend it doesn’t bother you, When you just want to explode.
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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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Beautiful loser, where you gonna fall? When you realize, you just can’t have it all.
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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 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 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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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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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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Make a destination of the greater truth.
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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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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 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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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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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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Take a lesson from the trees, watch the way they bend with each breeze, little victories.
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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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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’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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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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I was a runner, a failed quarterback, third-string quarterback, but in track I was a 2-miler.
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Wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then.
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I’ve never been unhappy with Capitol. Not really. They’ve been really good by me.
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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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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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