A biography for Gordon Lightfoothasn’t been written yet.
“I did a lot of canoe tripping earlier on. I was on 10 trips, and I would get the feel of the forest and the wilderness, you know, that I always knew was in my soul to begin with.”
“I was a drummer in the bugle band in cadets. I marched. It's probably quite funny to look back on it.”
“I was happy to be in England because my mother had always loved the royals, and so do I. My mother had every memento you could find on the Queen.”
“You just get the vibes of your surroundings and it rubs off on you.”
“I started writing songs in high school. And eventually, I got some songs recorded by some major artists, mostly because I was out there performing, and I was working in coffee houses and lounges, and people came to see me and hear my material.”