Steve Forbert
Steve Forbert
Samuel Stephen "Steve" Forbert is an American pop music singer-songwriter. He is best known for his song "Romeo's Tune", which reached No. 11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1980, and is ranked as the 60th biggest American hit of 1980. The song also spent two weeks at No. 8 in Canada, and is ranked as the 47th biggest Canadian hit of 1980. In Australia it reached No. 13...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth13 December 1955
CountryUnited States of America
age bleak chronicle life songs stuff work
I'm self-deprecating, but I'm an artist, too. I have to write new songs to chronicle stuff for myself. I write a song like 'Middle Age' or 'Responsibility' or 'I Just Work Here,' and it's about how bleak life can be. But it's real.
great ideas
I have ideas in mind, things that I'm working toward. There have to be goals; there has to be a challenge. Just playing, in and of itself, is great. But there has to be some motivation to it.
admit music pool record resources work
If something doesn't work, you have to admit it. Always try to find what's going right and what's going wrong with your music. If you can, pool your resources and record yourself; do that frequently.
hero walt
My hero is Jimmie Rodgers, ... He should be up there with Walt Whitman.
american-musician beyond fun solo taking
That to me is the fun of the solo thing - it's so flexible. I can go way beyond taking requests. You just play the evening. And that's fun.
tribute
He's the most well-known thing about the town, and I wanted to do a tribute to him,
american-musician challenge continue quality remains sing songs trying
The challenge remains the songwriting, and just trying to continue with songs you feel you can sing every night, and to keep the quality of songs up.
differences gin
You don't see a lot of difference between the Gin Blossoms and the Byrds.
thinking years people
I don't cringe when I think of doing old material. A lot of the people have been with me through the years.
home long house
It doesn't matter much what kind of house you've got as long as it's a happy home...
new-york acceptance talking
I've had an advantage; I've had a sort of open public acceptance in New York that doesn't happen to just anyone trying to make the transition you were talking about.
moving thinking guitar
So I played the acoustic guitar and harmonica and stomped my foot and I think I was right in assuming that Greenwich Village would be the best place to perform my own material and possibly get some attention, move on to making records and all.
song people challenges
But I'm able to just keep going, and that's the challenge. It's the next song. And then just enjoying the shows and people who come out to the shows. It's pretty organic, really.
guitar afternoon littles
There was just no way I could leave this little Martin guitar in my apartment overnight or even in the afternoon, and expect to find it there when I got back.