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The strength of his will was the tool of his trade.
Gordon Lightfoot
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Gordon Lightfoot
Age: 85
Born: 1938
Born: November 17
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Gordon Meredith Lightfoot
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My first song was Hula Hoop Song, in 1955. It was a novelty song. I had to find someway to reach out and it was with a novelty song. Now, all of my recording obligations have been taken care of. I made 14 albums for Warner Brothers. Five for United Artist before that.
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It seems so lucky to just to have the right of telling you with all my might, you're beautiful tonight.
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All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters.
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Those who put their faith in fire, in fire their faith shall be repaid.
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My parents got my sister and I to go to church and have piano lessons. We were keen and they could see that.
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I once performed The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald to about 15 sea captains. The song was about a ship that broke in half and sank.
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To wear the crown of peace, you must wear the crown of thorns.
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I worked in a plant when I was 14 for two years. I always wanted to do the summer jobs. Honest to God, I always had to be doing something.
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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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Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
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She is my flower and she blooms for the one who loves her best.
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There is always something wrong with a song, you can't be perfect.
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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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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 try to write songs. At our concerts, we take the cream of the crop from my back catalogue and I don't know if I could write something now that would replace any of that. We don't lose any of the standards. We have lots of songs in rotation.
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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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I was a drummer in the bugle band in cadets. I marched. It's probably quite funny to look back on it.
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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.
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I liked the American folk style of Woody Guthrie.
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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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