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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.

Bob Seger

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.
BOB SEGER

Honesty Looks Wall
Beautiful loser, where you gonna fall? When you realize, you just can’t have it all.
BOB SEGER

Beautiful Fall Reality
Alfred Hitchcock, Isaac Newton, Elvis Presley, Captain Bligh, they’re heroic or pathetic depending on which book you buy.
BOB SEGER

Book Captains Heroic
He wants his home and security, he wants to live like a sailor at sea.
BOB SEGER

Home Philosophy Sea
I work my back ’til it’s racked with pain, the boss can’t even recall my name.
BOB SEGER

Names Pain Work
Every now and then you’ll nail one that’s really, really special. And that’s what you live for.
BOB SEGER

Nails Now Special Then
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.
BOB SEGER

Moving Mysteries Night Past
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.
BOB SEGER

Recording Tour Two Writing Years
He spent all night staring down at the lights on L.A., wondering if he ever could go home.
BOB SEGER

Art Home Night
I write probably 80 percent of my stuff over the winter.
BOB SEGER

Stuff Winter Writing
I’m older now but still running against the wind
BOB SEGER

Running Stills Wind
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.
BOB SEGER

Done People Table
When you have kids, you start thinking about their future and you forget about yours.
BOB SEGER

Forget Kids Thinking
Great sex is wonderful while it’s happening, but who remembers great sex they had in 1983?
BOB SEGER

Remember Sex Wonderful
My walk had purpose, my steps were quick and light, and I held firmly to what I felt was right.
BOB SEGER

Light Politics Purpose
When I try to write I try to write something different every time. That’s the challenge.
BOB SEGER

Challenges Trying Writing

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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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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