Mediocrity’s easy, the good things take time, the great need commitment.
~Bob Seger, Lock And LoadedThat’s a good way to live, go against the wind.
~Bob SegerCombining the driving charge of Ryder’s Detroit Wheels with Stonesy garage rock and devotion to hard-edged soul and R&B, he crafted a distinctively American sound.
~Stephen Thomas Erlewine (allmusic.com)
Kid Rock inducts Bob Seger Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions 2004:
My doctor tells me I should start slowing it down – but there are more old drunks than there are old doctors so let’s all have another round.
~Willie NelsonWe create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.
~Willie NelsonHe [Willie Nelson] takes whatever thing he’s singing and makes it his. There’s not many people who can do that. Even something like an Elvis tune. You know, once Elvis done a tune, it’s pretty much done. But Willie is the only one in my recollection that has even taken something associated with Elvis and made it his. He just puts his sorta trip on it…
~Bob Dylan (28 April 1993)
Willie Nelson Induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame (1993):