She been looking like a queen in a sailor's dream.

Be calm in the face of all common disgraces.

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.

It was very interesting time to be in England. Even at that point [John] Lennon and [Paul] McCartney influenced my writing. I thought, "maybe there is a huck or two in here I haven't thought of".

What has changed for me is that I now have a huge family [Lightfoot has four children, from his first two marriages] - the result of my living.

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

Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?