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.
BOB SEGERI’ve never been unhappy with Capitol. Not really. They’ve been really good by me.
More Bob Seger Quotes
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I’d rather make music than tour.
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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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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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It took me a long time to learn how to write a good song.
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I can only get my drummer in the winter; he plays with Grand Funk all summer.
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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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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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He wants his home and security, he wants to live like a sailor at sea.
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I write probably 80 percent of my stuff over the winter.
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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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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 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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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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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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