Quotes by Gordon Lightfoot

About Gordon Lightfoot:

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. is a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music, and has been credited for helping define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. He has been referred to as Canada's greatest songwriter and internationally as a folk-rock legend.
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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

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

Gordon Lightfoot

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

Gordon Lightfoot

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

I know that we're being inexorably taken over by the Americans. Without a doubt. I don't mean invaded or anything like that, just taken over. By degrees.

Gordon Lightfoot

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

Gordon Lightfoot

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

Gordon Lightfoot

Author Bio

  • NameGordon Lightfoot
  • DescriptionCanadian singer-songwriter
  • BornNovember 17, 1938
  • CountryCanada
  • ProfessionSinger-songwriter; Singer; Poet; Musician
  • AwardsQueen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal; Songwriters Hall Of Fame; Companion Of The Order Of Canada; Canadian Music Hall Of Fame; Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame; Canada's Walk Of Fame; Order Of Ontario