And some famous quotes:
“Gordon Lightfoot, everytime I hear a song of his, it's like I wish it would last forever. "
Bob Dylan
"I don't think anybody before or since has had the impact on Canadian culture, through popular music or folk music, that Gordon Lightfoot has had."
Ian Tyson
"I've always been trying to write songs like Lightfoot. A song of mine like 'Come Monday' is a direct result of me trying to write a Gordon Lightfoot song."
Jimmy Buffett
"Canadian Railroad Trilogy is an extremely fine piece of songwriting. "
Johnny Cash
"Gordon Lightfoot looms pretty large in my life as a writer and an artist in general. I never travel anywhere without at least two of his records with me."
Ron Sexsmith
"Lightfoot's voice is such a part of the fabric of Canada, I know it almost as well as I know my own voice."
David Foster
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