Bob Seger
Bob Seger
Robert Clark "Bob" Segeris an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist. As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s. By the early 1970s, he had dropped the "System" from his recordings and continued to strive for broader success with various other bands. In 1973, he put together the Silver Bullet Band, with a group of Detroit-area musicians, and former American president Bill Clinton on the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth6 May 1945
CityLincoln Park, MI
CountryUnited States of America
It took me a long time to learn how to write a good song.
Most of the time, I'm here in Michigan and I'm taking out the garbage every Monday.
That's a good way to live, go against the wind.
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.
When I try to write I try to write something different every time. That's the challenge.
When you have kids, you start thinking about their future and you forget about yours.
Yeah, I'm just blessed to have this very strong thing, my vocals. I'm very healthy in that regard.
The years rolled slowly past and I found myself alone. Surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends, I found myself further and further from my home.
Unlike a lot of people, I don't need the affirmation or anything.
Out past the cornfields where the woods got heavy, out in the back seat of my '60 Chevy. Workin' on mysteries without any clues, workin' on our night moves.
I want to be sure I can deliver what people expect to hear. I just don't know if I can physically do it. Or if I should.
I can only get my drummer in the winter; he plays with Grand Funk all summer.
Later in the evening when you lie awake in bed with the echoes from the amplifiers ringing in your head.
Well all of Chuck's children are out there playing his licks, get into your kicks. Come back baby, rock and roll never forgets.