Quotes By 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.

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

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

My band is so dedicated, everybody works very hard. The No. 1 priority is the show, and it's pretty cool because we all pull together, and it's fun. It's like being on a sports team or something.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

You don't know what inspires you. You like to think you know what inspires you, but in the final analysis I don't think you really do. It's great to look at a blank sheet of paper, you know, and walk up to an instrument and not know what's gonna happen. It's the most challenging thing I do.

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.

Every now and then you'll nail one that's really, really special. And that's what you live for.

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

I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then.

Radio is so fragmented, it's unbelievable.

I'd rather make music than tour.

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.

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

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

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

I'm trying to be a good parent and set a good example. When I'm on the road, they don't see a lot of me. I see them every other day. It's pretty all-encompassing when I'm on the road.

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

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

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.

Great sex is wonderful while it's happening, but who remembers great sex they had in 1983?

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

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.

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.

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.