Gordon Lightfoot Quotes

My daughter Meredith Moon from my second wife has a band that does Appalachian music, with five-strong banjo, clawhammer style. I may have to direct her somewhere. Meredith was my middle name. I would have to direct her because I am always directing something. She’s in the musician’s union and she is only 21. Your kids surprise you.

The giant neon spinning discs are a reminder of the huge role that Sam Sniderman and his store played in the cultural life of Toronto and I believe they should be preserved and remounted in the interests of our city’s heritage.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 remember when I first rocked in it was a great big dance hall and Tommy Young was blowing trombone and Louis [Armstrong] was singing a tune and it was just Satchmo and you could hear it resounding through the dance hall and people were dancing. It was a highlight.