Quotes from Bob Seger

I write probably 80 percent of my stuff over the winter.

I can only get my drummer in the winter; he plays with Grand Funk all summer.

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

Here comes old Rosie she's looking mighty fine, here comes hot Nancy she's steppin' right on time. There go the street lights bringing on the night, here come the men faces hidden from the light.

I once won a Grammy for an Australian version of 'Turn the Page' that another artist did; I can't remember his name. There've been covers down through the years around the world, but I did like Metallica's, because I kind of related to Metallica when they first came out, because Jimmy Hetfield really reminded me of me in 1965, you know?

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

I am trying to write stuff that is different. I am a big science fan. I read a lot of science, and 'Wonderland' has a lot of science in it. I don't know. They are hard to describe... We are living in a wonderland age of science.

Tell them we'll be dancing, dancing 'til we drop, it's time to get down and do the Horizontal Bop.

And just about the time I feel like screaming and finding me a wall to punch right through, I look up and I just can't help smiling, it's you.

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

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

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.

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

I just fell into the Dylanesque idea of recording. He is real fast.

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

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.

One victim lives in tragedy, another victim stops to stare, and still another walks on by pretending not to see

Deep in my soul, I've been so lonely, all of my hopes fading away. I've longed for love, like everyone else does, I know I'll keep searching after today.

I've covered so much Tom Waits. He's one of my favorite writers. I have a real affinity to how he writes.

I'd rather make music than tour.

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.

I'm not a tour rat. I'm not crazy about it.

I had kids at age 47, and very late in life, and I'd been doing it for 30 straight years, writing songs, making a record and touring and starting the process right over.

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