Let's face it: pop music in its myriad permutations will always be sexually presumptuous, racially controversial and, frequently, politically charged. Dan Hill More Quotes by Dan Hill More Quotes From Dan Hill Blessed with Mom and Dad's remarkable genes, raised on big words and big, iconoclastic attitudes, Larry and I, before entering kindergarten, knew who we were, what we wanted, and how we would get there. Dan Hill words dad mom blessed To be sure, boxing has always been, at best, a shady and sometimes cutthroat business, buttressed by hype and tomfoolery rivalling, at times, that of carnival circuses. Dan Hill best boxing business sometimes Flipping through the 'Toronto Star' one day in 2008, I noticed a piece about a phenomenal boxer from the Philippines who had won several different titles in several different weight divisions. Manny Pacquiao's rise from heart-crushing poverty to the top ranks of his sport was astounding. Dan Hill rise day poverty one-day Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head. Dan Hill nose head you mean All the Junos, the Grammy nominations, the gold and platinum records, did nothing to assuage my conviction that I was an out-and-out loser. Dan Hill nothing conviction loser gold Woody Allen movies notwithstanding, therapy, in the early eighties, was not exactly a hot conversation starter. Nor was it a favoured activity for dysfunctional couples or suffering individuals. Dan Hill movies suffering hot conversation My, oh my, how 'Sometimes When We Touch' has travelled since I solemnly wrote my first version at the age of 19. Dan Hill touch how age sometimes While certainly no pressing threat to Gordon Lightfoot, I knew it was simply a matter of time until I was going to be a star. Dan Hill going star matter time The tricky thing about songwriting is that, more often than not, what you consider to be your best work generates a collective shrug, and something you've simply tossed off bowls people over. Dan Hill best you work people To be 23 and riding the crest of a song sweeping the world country by country is to live an altered and wholly rarefied existence. Dan Hill live riding song world
