Quotes by Dan Fogelberg

About Dan Fogelberg:

Daniel Grayling "Dan" Fogelberg is best known for his early 1980s hits, including "Longer" (1980), "Leader of the Band" (1981), and "Same Old Lang Syne" (1981).
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I may quit the music business someday, but never the music.

Dan Fogelberg

I love home. I'll stay up there for days on end, I won't even go down the driveway to look for the mail.

Dan Fogelberg

My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way.

Dan Fogelberg

It seems like bluegrass people have more great stories to tell than other musicians.

Dan Fogelberg

My life is as an artist, not an entertainer. I don't consider myself an entertainer, but I can do that thing when I want to.

Dan Fogelberg

I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.

Dan Fogelberg

I love to laugh, it's my main thing. I love to abuse the English language.

Dan Fogelberg

I love the subtlety and tonal range of the acoustic guitar.

Dan Fogelberg

You're successful if you can get one person to pick it up and put it on the turntable and go, Wow, thanks for writing that!

Dan Fogelberg

Strats are my favorite electric guitars, and I've got quite a collection.

Dan Fogelberg

Now is the only thing that exists.

Dan Fogelberg

My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it.

Dan Fogelberg

MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough.

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It was so much fun playing simple American bluegrass. I got to meet Doc Watson.

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It was quite a shot in the head to do the album and then have it shot down by nonmusical idiots.

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I wish I was a little more gregarious and outgoing.

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I was blessed with a gift. It's a gift and a curse. It never ends.

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I wanted to pay tribute to my musical influences: Buffalo Springfield, Lightfoot, the Beatles, the Hollies.

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I never going to satisfy everybody, so I decided to satisfy myself.

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I had gone full-on folkie; I'd had it with bands.

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Author Bio

  • NameDan Fogelberg
  • Descriptionsinger-songwriter, musician
  • BornAugust 13, 1951
  • DiedDecember 16, 2007
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger-songwriter; Composer