Dan Fogelberg
Dan Fogelberg
Daniel Grayling "Dan" Fogelbergwas an American musician, songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist whose music was inspired by sources as diverse as folk, pop, rock, classical, jazz, and bluegrass. He is best known for his early 1980s hits, including "Longer", "Leader of the Band", and "Same Old Lang Syne"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth13 August 1951
CityPeoria, IL
CountryUnited States of America
My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way
My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it
It seems like bluegrass people have more great stories to tell than other musicians
It's the chance of a lifetime in a lifetime of chance, and it's high time you joined in the dance.
There is no darkness in this place that we're bound Love is the only thing that matters
Between the worlds of men and make believe I can be found.
Too many hearts have been broken, failing to trust what they feel.
Why must I be lonely in love?
When you are not near me, I make the sound of one hand clapping.
He earned his love through discipline, a thundering velvet hand, his gentle means of sculpting souls took me years to understand.
You think you're winning, but it's hard to say sometimes.
You've got to just follow your heart and do your best work. For better or worse, I have followed my heart. There is no doubt in my mind or heart that everything I've done is exactly what I intended to do.
Storybook endings never appear. They're just 'someone's' way of leading us here.
I put everything I can into a record. That's what art is for. I take a risk every time I do one with my whole being.