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.
BOB SEGEREven in junior high, I always knew I had a talent for music and I knew I could make money that way.
More Bob Seger Quotes
-
-
Tell them we’ll be dancing, dancing ’til we drop, it’s time to get down and do the Horizontal Bop.
BOB SEGER -
I work my back ’til it’s racked with pain, the boss can’t even recall my name.
BOB SEGER -
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 -
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 -
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 -
They do respect her but, they love to watch her strut.
BOB SEGER -
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.
BOB SEGER -
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 -
He spent all night staring down at the lights on L.A., wondering if he ever could go home.
BOB SEGER -
It took me a long time to learn how to write a good song.
BOB SEGER -
And you pretend it doesn’t bother you, When you just want to explode.
BOB SEGER -
Even in junior high, I always knew I had a talent for music and I knew I could make money that way.
BOB SEGER -
My management tells me, Don’t be optimistic, because it’s the young people’s world now. They want to hear what they want to hear, and you’re a classic rocker. I don’t know if you’re gonna get the play.
BOB SEGER -
Make a destination of the greater truth.
BOB SEGER -
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