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All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters.
Gordon Lightfoot
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Gordon Lightfoot
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: November 17
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Gordon Meredith Lightfoot
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I was in Britain that year [1963] and some music publishing people in Denmark Street in London suggested me to the BBC. So I found myself in front of a British television show, which was a nice surprise.
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I had lots of friends who were fighting in Vietnam and I am still friends with veterans of the war.
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I never really had stage nerves but I did have had trouble getting up to the right energy level. For a long time I drank. I drank up until 1982 and then I gave up alcohol.
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I can remember sitting in a cabin outside of Denver writing that with a can of soup on the stove.
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There was a TV show called Thank Your Lucky Stars, with the catchphrase I'll give it five! The Beatles and Stones were so popular when they were on it. One week The Beatles were number one and then the Stones were right on their heels.
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I don't know where we went wrong, but the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back.
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Everything is trust, all the rest is dust.
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To wear the crown of peace, you must wear the crown of thorns.
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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.
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Give me a wave I can ride upon, come and show your strength to me.
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Silent waters rocking on the morning of our birth, like an empty cradle waiting to be filled. And from the heart of God the Spirit moved upon the earth, like a mother breathing life into her child.
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The strength of his will was the tool of his trade.
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Sometimes I think it's a shame, when I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain.
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Those who put their faith in fire, in fire their faith shall be repaid.
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If there's a reason for the way that life is I'd like to find it. After all, who's life is it?
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It was very interesting time to be in England. Even at that point [John] Lennon and [Paul] McCartney influenced my writing. I thought, maybe there is a huck or two in here I haven't thought of.
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I play piano, but not well enough to play professionally.
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Let our hearts touch far horizons. Let our love know no borders, Draw the Circles wide until, No one stands alone.
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When love is true there is no truer occupation.
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Will you gather daydreams or will you gather wealth? How can you find your fortune when you cannot find yourself?
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