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.
BOB SEGEROut 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.
More Bob Seger Quotes
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I’ve never been unhappy with Capitol. Not really. They’ve been really good by me.
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Every now and then you’ll nail one that’s really, really special. And that’s what you live for.
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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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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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There was this long lovely dancer in a little club downtown, love to watch her do her stuff.
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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 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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He wants his home and security, he wants to live like a sailor at sea.
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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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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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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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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.
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Take a lesson from the trees, watch the way they bend with each breeze, little victories.
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One victim lives in tragedy, another victim stops to stare, and still another walks on by pretending not to see
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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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