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

Bob Seger

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.
BOB SEGER

Golf Kids Play
Sometimes you can hear them talk, other times you can’t. All the same old cliches, is that a woman or a man?
BOB SEGER

Cliche Men Sometimes
Take a lesson from the trees, watch the way they bend with each breeze, little victories.
BOB SEGER

Tree Victory Watches
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 SEGER

Choices Country Fun
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
Later in the evening when you lie awake in bed with the echoes from the amplifiers ringing in your head.
BOB SEGER

Echoes Lying Music Rock Roll
He wants his home and security, he wants to live like a sailor at sea.
BOB SEGER

Home Philosophy Sea
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.
BOB SEGER

Friendship Home Past
One victim lives in tragedy, another victim stops to stare, and still another walks on by pretending not to see
BOB SEGER

Family Life Love
I was a runner, a failed quarterback, third-string quarterback, but in track I was a 2-miler.
BOB SEGER

Quarterback String Track
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 SEGER

Fashion Music Rocks Roll Soul
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

Lines Music Playing Singing
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
I write probably 80 percent of my stuff over the winter.
BOB SEGER

Stuff Winter Writing
And you pretend it doesn’t bother you, When you just want to explode.
BOB SEGER

Bother Miscellaneous Want
Tell them we’ll be dancing, dancing ’til we drop, it’s time to get down and do the Horizontal Bop.
BOB SEGER

Bops Dancing Down
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.
BOB SEGER

Boxing Relationship Wedding
They do respect her but, they love to watch her strut.
BOB SEGER

Respect Her Watches
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
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
It took me a long time to learn how to write a good song.
BOB SEGER

Long Song Writing
I’d rather make music than tour.
BOB SEGER

Long Make Music Tour
Beautiful loser, where you gonna fall? When you realize, you just can’t have it all.
BOB SEGER

Beautiful Fall Reality
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.
BOB SEGER

Flames Lonely Love
He spent all night staring down at the lights on L.A., wondering if he ever could go home.
BOB SEGER

Art Home Night
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.
BOB SEGER

Boring Neck Night Play Sing Two

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