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MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough.

- Dan Fogelberg

Call, Groovy, Guess, Hip

I wanted to pay tribute to my musical influences: Buffalo Springfield, Lightfoot, the Beatles, the Hollies.

- Dan Fogelberg

Pay, Pay Tribute, Musical, Buffalo

I had gone full-on folkie; I'd had it with bands.

- Dan Fogelberg

Gone, Had, Bands, Full-On

I had never done TV. I think it's a foolish medium for, most rock 'n roll music. Nobody ever comes off well on TV.

- Dan Fogelberg

Think, I Think, TV, Foolish

It was so much fun playing simple American bluegrass. I got to meet Doc Watson.

- Dan Fogelberg

Simple, American, Got, Watson

You're successful if you can get one person to pick it up and put it on the turntable and go, Wow, thanks for writing that!

- Dan Fogelberg

Go, Turntable, Put, Wow

Strats are my favorite electric guitars, and I've got quite a collection.

- Dan Fogelberg

Electric, Quite, Collection, Guitars

My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way.

- Dan Fogelberg

Kind, Opposed, Dad, Guitars

It seems like bluegrass people have more great stories to tell than other musicians.

- Dan Fogelberg

Other, Like, Great Stories, Bluegrass

I love home. I'll stay up there for days on end, I won't even go down the driveway to look for the mail.

- Dan Fogelberg

Love, Go, Mail, Driveway

I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.

- Dan Fogelberg

Love, Rock, Roll, Songwriter

It was quite a shot in the head to do the album and then have it shot down by nonmusical idiots.

- Dan Fogelberg

Head, Album, Quite, Idiots

My upbringing made me think that real legitimate music is written, not heard.

- Dan Fogelberg

Music, Think, Made, Upbringing

I always try to give my songs as gifts.

- Dan Fogelberg

Give, Always, Songs, Gifts

My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it.

- Dan Fogelberg

Dancing, Palm, Old, Acoustic

I love the subtlety and tonal range of the acoustic guitar.

- Dan Fogelberg

Love, Acoustic Guitar, Acoustic

Now is the only thing that exists.

- Dan Fogelberg

Now, Only, The Only Thing, Exists

My life is as an artist, not an entertainer. I don't consider myself an entertainer, but I can do that thing when I want to.

- Dan Fogelberg

Myself, My Life, Artist, Entertainer

I was blessed with a gift. It's a gift and a curse. It never ends.

- Dan Fogelberg

Gift, Never, Ends, Curse

I may quit the music business someday, but never the music.

- Dan Fogelberg

Music, Never, May, Quit

Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.

- Dan Fogelberg

College, Painting, Fine, Arts

I wish I was a little more gregarious and outgoing.

- Dan Fogelberg

Wish, More, I Wish, Outgoing

I love to laugh, it's my main thing. I love to abuse the English language.

- Dan Fogelberg

Love, Main Thing, Main, Abuse

I never going to satisfy everybody, so I decided to satisfy myself.

- Dan Fogelberg

Never, Everybody, Decided, Satisfy

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