Of course I knew The Band's Canadian keyboard player, the late Richard Manuel, but I didn't play that night because I was there as a guest with my record executives. People ask, "why didn't you play?" If I had known I was going to be playing then I would have been prepared for it.
Gordon LightfootThe house you live in will never fall down, if you pity the stranger who stands at your door.
Gordon LightfootI remember when I first rocked in it was a great big dance hall and Tommy Young was blowing trombone and Louis [Armstrong] was singing a tune and it was just Satchmo and you could hear it resounding through the dance hall and people were dancing. It was a highlight.
Gordon LightfootAll that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters.
Gordon Lightfoot