86+ Bob Seger Quotes (Rock, Blues And Soul)

Bob Seger is an American singer-songwriter and musician from Michigan. He is best known for his hit songs "Night Moves", "Turn the Page" and "Old Time Rock and Roll". His style of music is a mix of rock, country and blues, and he has sold over 75 million records worldwide.

Top 10 Bob Seger Quotes

1. Great sex is wonderful while it's happening, but who remembers great sex they had in 1983?
2. Call me a relic, call me what you will, say I'm old fashion, say I'm over the hill. Today's music ain't got the same soul, I like that old time rock and roll.
3. Those are the memories that made me a wealthy soul.
4. Stood alone on a mountain top, starin' out at the Great Divide. I could go east, I could go west, it was all up to me to decide. Just then I saw a young hawk flyin' and my soul began to rise.
5. When you're in a relationship, you're always surrounded by a ring of circumstances... joined together by a wedding ring, or in a boxing ring.
6. Later in the evening when you lie awake in bed with the echoes from the amplifiers ringing in your head.
7. To a brighter light, to a promised land, you can feel the power, of the master's hand.
8. Take a lesson from the trees, watch the way they bend with each breeze, little victories.
9. Dreams die hard and we watch them erode, but we cannot be denied the fire inside.
10. Deep in my soul, I've been so lonely, all of my hopes fading away. I've longed for love, like everyone else does, I know I'll keep searching after today.

Bob Seger Short Quotes

• Tell them we'll be dancing, dancing 'til we drop, it's time to get down and do the Horizontal Bop.
• Set yourself the bolder course. Keep your heart an open shrine.
• He spent all night staring down at the lights on L.A., wondering if he ever could go home.
• Every now and then you'll nail one that's really, really special. And that's what you live for.
• I can only get my drummer in the winter; he plays with Grand Funk all summer.
• It's a rite of passage for the everyman, to a higher ground.
• There was this long lovely dancer in a little club downtown, love to watch her do her stuff.
• Make a destination of the greater truth.
• Mediocrity's easy, the good things take time, the great need commitment.
• Radio is so fragmented, it's unbelievable.

Bob Seger Famous Quotes And Sayings

Alfred Hitchcock, Isaac Newton, Elvis Presley, Captain Bligh, they're heroic or pathetic depending on which book you buy. — Bob Seger

She gave me a false address, took off with my American Express, sunspot baby, sure had me way out guessed. — Bob Seger

Here comes old Rosie she's looking mighty fine, here comes hot Nancy she's steppin' right on time. There go the street lights bringing on the night, here come the men faces hidden from the light. — Bob Seger

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. — Bob Seger

Out past the cornfields where the woods got heavy, out in the back seat of my '60 Chevy. Workin' on mysteries without any clues, workin' on our night moves. — 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. — Bob Seger

I just start playing music and eventually I sing something, a line of a verse or a B section or a line of a chorus, and the line that I end up singing is related to the music I'm playing, if that makes any sense. And I go from there. — Bob Seger

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

I love working with different musicians in the studio, that's a real joy working with someone for the first time. — Bob Seger

I drive a Mustang. A 2005 five-speed GT convertible. — Bob Seger

When you have kids, you start thinking about their future and you forget about yours. — Bob Seger

Unlike a lot of people, I don't need the affirmation or anything. — Bob Seger

You're not going to hear me do a rap song, you're not going to hear me do a jazz song. We have to be true to our roots, do what we do, and try to do it a little better each time. — Bob Seger

Most of the time, I'm here in Michigan and I'm taking out the garbage every Monday. — Bob Seger

He wants his home and security, he wants to live like a sailor at sea. — Bob Seger

It went on yesterday and it's going on tonight, somewhere there's somebody ain't treatin' somebody right. — Bob Seger

I've never been unhappy with Capitol. Not really. They've been really good by me. — Bob Seger

I guess I lost my way, there were so many roads. I was living to run, and running to live, never worried about paying or even how much I owed. — Bob Seger

I'm not a number. Dammit, I'm a man. — Bob Seger

I'm just trying to keep things simple, and just be a little more offhand and not get so deep into things. Enjoy what you got right now, because who knows what's going to happen tomorrow. — Bob Seger

It was 22 years of work in a row, right up until 1987. Twenty-two years in a row-either on tour, writing an album, or recording an album. It wasn't until 1987 that I was able to take a breath. — Bob Seger

I sailboat raced, I love to go out on my motorcycle alone, but I also love my family dearly. I love that aspect of my life as well. — Bob Seger

It's the age of reason for the anarchist. — Bob Seger

I was a runner, a failed quarterback, third-string quarterback, but in track I was a 2-miler. — Bob Seger

I'm older now but still running against the wind — Bob Seger

That's a good way to live, go against the wind. — Bob Seger

I think I'm going to Katmandu, that's really, really where I'm going to — Bob Seger

They do respect her but, they love to watch her strut. — Bob Seger

I wish I had a nickel for every time I fell and blamed someone else. I'd give a ton of money to the ones I've hurt. — Bob Seger

Well all of Chuck's children are out there playing his licks, get into your kicks. Come back baby, rock and roll never forgets. — Bob Seger

Beautiful loser, where you gonna fall? When you realize, you just can't have it all. — Bob Seger

Like a rock, standing arrow straight. Like a rock, charging from the gate. — Bob Seger

Some people say love is a losing game, you start with fire and you lose the flame. The ashes smolder, but the warmth's soon gone, you end up cold and lonely on your own. — Bob Seger

I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then. — Bob Seger

Sometimes you can hear them talk, other times you can't. All the same old cliches, is that a woman or a man? — Bob Seger

The years rolled slowly past and I found myself alone. Surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends, I found myself further and further from my home. — Bob Seger

She had been born with a face that would let her get away, he saw that face and he lost all control. — Bob Seger

We've got to practice three weeks, get the kinks out, then we've got to practice three weeks with the crew, and then go out for four months. It's just a huge chunk of time out of life. — Bob Seger

I really like the thing I did with Martina McBride. I had that song sitting around for a long time. — Bob Seger

One victim lives in tragedy, another victim stops to stare, and still another walks on by pretending not to see — Bob Seger

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. — Bob Seger

I just fell into the Dylanesque idea of recording. He is real fast. — Bob Seger

Here I am, on the road again. There I am, up on the stage. Here I go, playing star again. There I go, turn the page. — Bob Seger

And just about the time I feel like screaming and finding me a wall to punch right through, I look up and I just can't help smiling, it's you. — Bob Seger

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. — Bob Seger

I like people to just bring it to the table and feel the moment. And that's why I've never done a session where I don't sing live. — Bob Seger

Even in junior high, I always knew I had a talent for music and I knew I could make money that way. — Bob Seger

My walk had purpose, my steps were quick and light, and I held firmly to what I felt was right. — Bob Seger

When I try to write I try to write something different every time. That's the challenge. — 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. — Bob Seger

It took me a long time to learn how to write a good song. — Bob Seger

With only one thing in common, they got the fire down below. — Bob Seger

She never looks at the ring. — Bob Seger

Up with the sun. Gone with the wind. — Bob Seger

If I want to work, I can. If I want to play golf, or ride my motorcycle, I can. But the rest of it is family. Sometimes you're not really needed by your family, but you're there. And my kids like to know I'm there. — Bob Seger

I'd rather make music than tour. — Bob Seger

Yeah, I'm just blessed to have this very strong thing, my vocals. I'm very healthy in that regard. — Bob Seger

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. — Bob Seger

I write probably 80 percent of my stuff over the winter. — Bob Seger

And you pretend it doesn't bother you, When you just want to explode. — Bob Seger

I never say never, because I don't want to be one of those guys. — Bob Seger

I always loved music. You know, my parents said I started singing when I was 4, in the car. — Bob Seger

I want to be sure I can deliver what people expect to hear. I just don't know if I can physically do it. Or if I should. — Bob Seger

Moving eight miles a minute for months at a time. — Bob Seger

I work my back 'til it's racked with pain, the boss can't even recall my name. — Bob Seger

I used her and she used me, but neither one cared, we were getting our share. — Bob Seger

Life Lessons by Bob Seger

1. Bob Seger taught us that hard work and dedication can lead to success, as he worked tirelessly to pursue his musical dreams.
2. He also showed us the value of staying true to oneself and one's own creative vision, as he refused to compromise his sound to fit the popular trends of the time.
3. Finally, his music has demonstrated the power of storytelling, as he has crafted songs that capture the struggles and joys of everyday life.