Gordon Lightfoot

I try to keep it light and positive most of the time, whereas earlier on I didn't always do that. ”

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. ”

Every time you wanted to do something, you'd hope it would score. You'd keep trying and trying, and all of the sudden, something would come right out of left field, like 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.' No one had any idea about that one. ”

I've just been a very lucky person. I'm 76 years of age, you know. I've been very lucky. ”