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Gordon Lightfoot quotes: I try to keep it light and positive most of the time, whereas earlier on I didn't always do that.

I try to keep it light and positive most of the time, whereas earlier on I didn't always do that.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: What has changed for me is that I now have a huge family [Lightfoot has four children, from his first two marriages] - the result of my living.

What has changed for me is that I now have a huge family [Lightfoot has four children, from his first two marriages] - the result of my living.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: I liked the American folk style of Woody Guthrie.

I liked the American folk style of Woody Guthrie.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: I never got really good at hockey.

I never got really good at hockey.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: Words are for explaining the mistakes we might have made, names are for calling when there is nothing left to say.

Words are for explaining the mistakes we might have made, names are for calling when there is nothing left to say.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: I can remember sitting in a cabin outside of Denver writing that with a can of soup on the stove.

I can remember sitting in a cabin outside of Denver writing that with a can of soup on the stove.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: Will you gather daydreams or will you gather wealth? How can you find your fortune when you cannot find yourself?

Will you gather daydreams or will you gather wealth? How can you find your fortune when you cannot find yourself?

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: I once performed The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald to about 15 sea captains. The song was about a ship that broke in half and sank.

I once performed The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald to about 15 sea captains. The song was about a ship that broke in half and sank.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: If you plan to face tomorrow, do it soon.

If you plan to face tomorrow, do it soon.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: I was a drummer in the bugle band in cadets. I marched. It's probably quite funny to look back on it.

I was a drummer in the bugle band in cadets. I marched. It's probably quite funny to look back on it.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: Sometimes a broken dream will make you sad or make you mean. Sometimes things ain't bad as they seem.

Sometimes a broken dream will make you sad or make you mean. Sometimes things ain't bad as they seem.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: Sometimes I think it's a shame, when I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain.

Sometimes I think it's a shame, when I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: You just get the vibes of your surroundings and it rubs off on you.

You just get the vibes of your surroundings and it rubs off on you.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: I took the song The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face from a folk singer called Bonnie Dobson. I knew her and she had a record with that track

I took the song The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face from a folk singer called Bonnie Dobson. I knew her and she had a record with that track on it.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: When love is true there is no truer occupation.

When love is true there is no truer occupation.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: To wear the crown of peace, you must wear the crown of thorns.

To wear the crown of peace, you must wear the crown of thorns.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters.

All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: I play piano, but not well enough to play professionally.

I play piano, but not well enough to play professionally.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: Getting lost in her loving is your first mistake.

Getting lost in her loving is your first mistake.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: I don't think they should regulate the music field. I don't see how they can regulate the arts.

I don't think they should regulate the music field. I don't see how they can regulate the arts.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: If there's a reason for the way that life is I'd like to find it. After all, who's life is it?

If there's a reason for the way that life is I'd like to find it. After all, who's life is it?

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: My parents got my sister and I to go to church and have piano lessons. We were keen and they could see that.

My parents got my sister and I to go to church and have piano lessons. We were keen and they could see that.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: I can see her lying back in her faded dress in a room where do what you don't confess.

I can see her lying back in her faded dress in a room where do what you don't confess.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: Think about the fool who by his virtue can be found in a most unusual situation playing jester to the clown.

Think about the fool who by his virtue can be found in a most unusual situation playing jester to the clown.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: Be calm in the face of all common disgraces.

Be calm in the face of all common disgraces.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: I don't know where we went wrong, but the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back.

I don't know where we went wrong, but the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: Everything is trust, all the rest is dust.

Everything is trust, all the rest is dust.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow they can't rise above.

Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow they can't rise above.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: She been looking like a queen in a sailor's dream.

She been looking like a queen in a sailor's dream.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: The strength of his will was the tool of his trade.

The strength of his will was the tool of his trade.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: I'm a little nuts. I'm a lot nuts. All I know is that in the midst of the madness of this world it's my therapy. The music touches my heartstrings.

I'm a little nuts. I'm a lot nuts. All I know is that in the midst of the madness of this world it's my therapy. The music touches my heartstrings.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: You will go with me everywhere. When I'm dreaming, you still share my lonely nights.

You will go with me everywhere. When I'm dreaming, you still share my lonely nights.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: I'm not really a bird person or an Audubon guy who studies them, but as I was around them, they interested me.

I'm not really a bird person or an Audubon guy who studies them, but as I was around them, they interested me.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: Those who put their faith in fire, in fire their faith shall be repaid.

Those who put their faith in fire, in fire their faith shall be repaid.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: If I could read your mind, what a tale your thoughts could tell. Just like a paperback novel, the kind that drugstores sell.

If I could read your mind, what a tale your thoughts could tell. Just like a paperback novel, the kind that drugstores sell.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: I worked in a plant when I was 14 for two years. I always wanted to do the summer jobs. Honest to God, I always had to be doing something.

I worked in a plant when I was 14 for two years. I always wanted to do the summer jobs. Honest to God, I always had to be doing something.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: Give me a wave I can ride upon, come and show your strength to me.

Give me a wave I can ride upon, come and show your strength to me.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: She is my flower and she blooms for the one who loves her best.

She is my flower and she blooms for the one who loves her best.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?

Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: The house you live in will never fall down, if you pity the stranger who stands at your door.

The house you live in will never fall down, if you pity the stranger who stands at your door.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: Let our hearts touch far horizons.Let our love know no borders,Draw the Circles wide until,No one stands alone.

Let our hearts touch far horizons.
Let our love know no borders,
Draw the Circles wide until,
No one stands alone.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: The road to love is littered by the bones of other ones, who by the magic of the moment were mysteriously undone.

The road to love is littered by the bones of other ones, who by the magic of the moment were mysteriously undone.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: I had lots of friends who were fighting in Vietnam and I am still friends with veterans of the war.

I had lots of friends who were fighting in Vietnam and I am still friends with veterans of the war.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: It seems so lucky to just to have the right of telling you with all my might, you're beautiful tonight.

It seems so lucky to just to have the right of telling you with all my might, you're beautiful tonight.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: Whitecaps in profusion all around me, but somehow in your eyes I found the strength to sail upon that raging sea.

Whitecaps in profusion all around me, but somehow in your eyes I found the strength to sail upon that raging sea.

Gordon Lightfoot quotes: I was happy to be in England, because my mother had always loved the royals, and so do I.

I was happy to be in England, because my mother had always loved the royals, and so do I.