Bob Seger quotes - page 2

Moving eight miles a minute for months at a time Breaking all of the rules that would bend I began to find myself searchin' Searching for shelter again and again.Against the wind A little something against the wind I found myself seeking shelter Against the wind. (Bob Seger)
That's a good way to live, go against the wind. View quote
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Every now and then you'll nail one that's really, really special. And that's what you live for. View quote
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When you have kids, you start thinking about their future and you forget about yours. View quote
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I drive a Mustang. A 2005 five-speed GT convertible. View quote
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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. View quote
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Great sex is wonderful while it's happening, but who remembers great sex they had in 1983? View quote
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I always loved music. You know, my parents said I started singing when I was 4, in the car. View quote
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I write probably 80 percent of my stuff over the winter. View quote
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I'm really glad I didn't have kids earlier, because I probably would have ignored them. I was so into my career. I could just go and play a ton of shows, night after night after night. I can't do that anymore. View quote
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You can't get a good crew and a good sound system, and a good light system if you do a small tour. If you want the best, those guys want a commitment of about 4 to 6 months. And I'd want the best people and the best stuff. (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. View quote
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I was a runner, a failed quarterback, third-string quarterback, but in track I was a 2-miler. View quote
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It took me a long time to learn how to write a good song. View quote
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Most of the time, I'm here in Michigan and I'm taking out the garbage every Monday. View quote
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You go to LA, or you go to New York, and it's really fun to go there. But they're not grounded. Everybody is just competing all the time for the limelight. It's too much entertainment industry. There are too many choices. And it's distracting to me. View quote
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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. View quote
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I really like the thing I did with Martina McBride. I had that song sitting around for a long time. View quote
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I love working with different musicians in the studio, that's a real joy working with someone for the first time. View quote
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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. View quote
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Yeah, I'm just blessed to have this very strong thing, my vocals. I'm very healthy in that regard. (Bob Seger)
The two hours onstage is great. But I can only play a show and then take a night off. I have to sing for two hours, and then I've gotta rest it for a night. So it's the other 46 hours that are just boring as heck. View quote
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I'd rather make music than tour. View quote
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Unlike a lot of people, I don't need the affirmation or anything. View quote
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For a long time, I thought when you do a box set, you're giving up; you're saying, 'OK, I don't have anything left.' But now I've listened to some of the old stuff I haven't heard in 20 to 40 years with fresh ears. It's like, 'Oh yeah, I can see where people might want to to hear some of this stuff that didn't make it onto the records.' View quote
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