Tom Chapin Inspirational Quotes (6)

I was 12 when I started playing guitar with my brothers.

It was 1988, I believe, that I met Grit. We were both appearing in a Canadian Folk Festival and as we sat backstage he handed me his guitar. I played it, loved it, and then found out that he'd made it himself.

Groundhog Day is a lot like a rock concert but the people are better behaved and there's a groundhog involved.

Seems like I've been here before, can't remember when I get this funny feeling, we'll be together again No straight lines make up my life, all my roads have bends No clearcut beginnings so far, no dead ends.

Mine is not a traditional music, but it comes from a tradition.

Then on to all the terrific american songwriters, from Tin Pan Alley to the Beatles, from Bob Dylan to Paul Simon. Whoever wrote and sang in the song form I have appreciated.