The top 10 most inspiring quotes by Gordon Lightfoot
- All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters.
- Both the Beatles and The Rolling Stones broke on the music scene the summer I was in England. I can vividly remember hearing ‘She Loves You’ in August 1963.
- I try to keep it light and positive most of the time, whereas earlier on I didn’t always do that.
- I’m not really a bird person or an Audubon guy who studies them, but as I was around them, they interested me.
- I started writing songs in high school, so you had to write this stuff out and register it with the Library of Congress. You had to learn how to do that stuff.
- I started writing songs in high school. And eventually, I got some songs recorded by some major artists, mostly because I was out there performing, and I was working in coffee houses and lounges, and people came to see me and hear my material.
- I was a drummer in the bugle band in cadets. I marched. It’s probably quite funny to look back on it.
- Everybody’s got so much of their own to deal with. They have no one to turn to.
- A lot of people influenced me as I was learning, but probably Bing Crosby was the most influential because I would hear his Christmas albums, which my parents played a lot.
- Turning back the pages of my sweet shattered dream, I wonder if she’ll ever do the same; And the thing that I call living is just being satisfied With knowing I’ve got no one left to blame.
Gordon Lightfoot (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a celebrated Canadian singer-songwriter whose poetic lyrics and warm baritone made him one of folk music’s most enduring voices. Born in Orillia, Ontario, he showed musical talent early, performing in church choirs and local events before studying composition and orchestration.
Lightfoot rose to prominence in the 1960s, becoming a central figure in the folk revival with songs marked by vivid storytelling and emotional depth.
He gained international fame with classics such as “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Sundown,” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” each reflecting his gift for blending melody with narrative richness. Over his decades-long career, Lightfoot released more than 20 albums and became a defining cultural figure in Canada, earning the Order of Canada and induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. His legacy endures as one of the most influential troubadours of his era.
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