110 Quotes by Gordon Lightfoot

It seems so lucky to just to have the right of telling you with all my might, you're beautiful tonight.

The house you live in will never fall down, if you pity the stranger who stands at your door.

Getting lost in her loving is your first mistake.

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.

If there's a reason for the way that life is I'd like to find it. After all, who's life is it?

To wear the crown of peace, you must wear the crown of thorns.

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.

My daughter Meredith Moon from my second wife has a band that does Appalachian music, with five-strong banjo, clawhammer style. I may have to direct her somewhere. Meredith was my middle name. I would have to direct her because I am always directing something. She's in the musician's union and she is only 21. Your kids surprise you.

Everything is trust, all the rest is dust.