Gordon Lightfoot Quotes

“I have always had a soft spot for Canadian writers. There is something expansive and yet intimate about their songs, broad as the northwestern plains and as comfortable as having a cup of coffee out on a pinewood porch with a friend. From Ed McCurdy to Gordon Lightfoot and Leonard Cohen, from Joni Mitchell to Ian and Sylvia Tyson, hearing their songs is hearing the truth. And, as the man says, “when you’ve heard the truth, the rest is just cheap whiskey.”
― Judy Collins, Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: My Life in Music

“Gordon Lightfoot left his handprints on the lyre of time through energetic song-writing. He was a maven of music —certainly one of the greatest songwriters of our time. I love to listen to his song IF I COULD READ YOUR MIND mostly at sunset, when the lyrics haunt me pleasantly”
― Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu