Dan Fogelberg's Quotes

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!

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

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

I always try to give my songs as gifts.

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

I choose to express myself.

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

I may quit the music business someday, but never the music.

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

Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.

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

I had never done TV. I think it's a foolish medium for, most rock 'n roll music. Nobody ever comes off well on TV.

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.

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

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

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

I wish I was a little more gregarious and outgoing.

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

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

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

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

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.

My upbringing made me think that real legitimate music is written, not heard.