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
People who listen to my records expect the ballads from me. The rock 'n roll is on there because it's another mode of expression.
Longer is not my best song, it's just a classic love song, and every songwriter always dreams of writing a classic love song.
Life isn't all that sad. I'm a happy person.
I'm a child of the woods. I have that sort of sensibility.
I wish I had more time to sit down and be a little bit more normal.
I went to college as a theater major. But after about three weeks of that, I changed to the school of fine arts as a painter.
Around the time the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan, I was already in a band.
For those two years in college I was constantly singing and writing and playing in coffee houses and stuff.
Getting the best response from people is how I base my success.
I believe in God, but not in any rational or theological scope.
I hate the road so much. I almost go into a cocoon with my own people out there.
I do what I believe in. I do good work, and the people who appreciate it, fine, and those who don't, fine, that's good.
I don't really pay enough attention to what other people are doing.
I feel it right down in my stomach when I'm in touch with something. I don't know what it is.