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
I'm not 20 years old any more. I'm not gonna go out on quite the limb I did.
How many more idols must you find before you realize that you are the one you have been searching for?
Tennessee helps me open up. I'm much more vulnerable there, more willing to talk about anything.
Phoenix was a tougher record, a little more commercially accessible record.
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.
It's only an interim trip. I love the music, but it's really giving me a way in which I can comfortably explore my art.
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.
If people are willing to buy it and listen to it and they like it and enjoy it, then it's viable.
Trust isn't something that's spoken and love's never wrong when it's real.
Balance the cost of the soul you lost with the dreams you lightly sold.
Love like a phantoms lights but hold in the heart, it builds like the empty smile adorning a statue with sightless eyes.
It was so much fun playing simple American bluegrass. I got to meet Doc Watson.
Getting the best response from people is how I base my success.