--- title: "13 Song Quotes By Dan Hill" description: "13 Song quotes by Dan Hill. Plus more from Dan Hill and more Song sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f2/dan-hill-9616_sometimes_i-d-sometimes-do-50-60-takes-of-song-305_3059367.png" --- > [I'd sometimes do 50, 60 takes of song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/i-d-sometimes-do-50-60-takes-of-song/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f2/dan-hill-9616_sometimes_i-d-sometimes-do-50-60-takes-of-song-305_3059367.png) > [Songs sometimes are so connected to the sociology of the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/songs-sometimes-are-so-connected-to-the-sociology-of-the-time/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/dan-hill-9616_connected_songs-sometimes-are-so-connected-to-the_1576320.png) > [To be 23 and riding the crest of a song sweeping the world country by country is to live an altered and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/to-be-23-and-riding-the-crest-of-a-song-sweeping-the-world-country-by/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60e/dan-hill-9616_altered_to-be-23-and-riding-the-crest-of-a-song_1526234.jpg) > [In the music world, concerts unfold strictly according to plan. But, as I'd been finding out, in the book world, things keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/in-the-music-world-concerts-unfold-strictly-according-to-plan-but-as/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43e/dan-hill-9616_according_in-the-music-world-concerts-unfold-stric_2902199.png) > [Sling your guitar to wherever you're going, and you'll be amazed by the connective power of music: It knows no boundaries, cultures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/sling-your-guitar-to-wherever-you-re-going-and-you-ll-be-amazed-by/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f8/dan-hill-9616_amazed_sling-your-guitar-to-wherever-you-re-goi_808188.png) > [When you look at the lyrics of 'Sometimes When We Touch,' it's really very much an adolescent song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/when-you-look-at-the-lyrics-of-sometimes-when-we-touch-it-s-really/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa0/dan-hill-9616_adolescent_when-you-look-at-the-lyrics-of-sometimes_512116.png) > [My, oh my, how 'Sometimes When We Touch' has travelled since I solemnly wrote my first version at the age of 19.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/my-oh-my-how-sometimes-when-we-touch-has-travelled-since-i-solemnly/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/dan-hill-9616_age_my-oh-my-how-sometimes-when-we-touch-has_1224722.png) > [When I was 3 or 4, I seemed to be bursting with music. They played Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/when-i-was-3-or-4-i-seemed-to-be-bursting-with-music-they-played-ella/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/503/dan-hill-9616_before_when-i-was-3-or-4-i-seemed-to-be-burstin_2402118.png) > [The tricky thing about songwriting is that, more often than not, what you consider to be your best work generates a collective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/the-tricky-thing-about-songwriting-is-that-more-often-than-not-what/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e30/dan-hill-9616_about_the-tricky-thing-about-songwriting-is-th_2321778.png) > [I feel the only way I can survive is to spend a lot of time writing songs. I have to have incredible,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/i-feel-the-only-way-i-can-survive-is-to-spend-a-lot-of-time-writing/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/dan-hill-9616_also_i-feel-the-only-way-i-can-survive-is-to_1774256.png) > [Hit songs are mysterious and slippery beasts; few artists have a lock on them. This means that many people, like me, have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/hit-songs-are-mysterious-and-slippery-beasts-few-artists-have-a-lock/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef3/dan-hill-9616_art_hit-songs-are-mysterious-and-slippery-be_2100033.png) > [I just wanted to show people - maybe I'm wrong - that I can still really sing. I can sing better than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/i-just-wanted-to-show-people-maybe-i-m-wrong-that-i-can-still-really/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7b/dan-hill-9616_before_i-just-wanted-to-show-people-maybe-i-m-w_1288821.png) > [I think the last thing you want to do as a writer, as a storyteller, is to create indifference. I don't necessarily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/i-think-the-last-thing-you-want-to-do-as-a-writer-as-a-storyteller-is/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/dan-hill-9616_create_i-think-the-last-thing-you-want-to-do-as_814947.jpg) ## Other authors on Song - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-taylor-swift-89132.jpg) Taylor Swift 141 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/taylor-swift/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bob-dylan-18556.jpg) Bob Dylan 95 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/bob-dylan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jimmy-page-49993.jpg) Jimmy Page 81 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/jimmy-page/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-rollins-41662.jpg) Henry Rollins 73 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/henry-rollins/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-lennon-51796.jpg) John Lennon 70 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/john-lennon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dave-grohl-27056.jpg) Dave Grohl 70 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/dave-grohl/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-mccartney-74044.jpg) Paul McCartney 65 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/paul-mccartney/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-wynton-marsalis-96408.jpg) Wynton Marsalis 64 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/wynton-marsalis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-young-70733.jpg) Neil Young 64 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/neil-young/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-petrucci-52095.jpg) John Petrucci 63 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/john-petrucci/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jason-mraz-47548.jpg) Jason Mraz 61 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/jason-mraz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-van-morrison-93136.jpg) Van Morrison 60 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/van-morrison/) ## More by Dan Hill > [Let's face it: pop music in its myriad permutations will always be sexually presumptuous, racially controversial and, frequently, politically charged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/let-s-face-it-pop-music-in-its-myriad-permutations-will-always-be/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) > [In a world where people are hungry for quick fixes and sound bites, for instant gratification, there's no patience for the long, slow rebuilding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/in-a-world-where-people-are-hungry-for-quick-fixes-and-sound-bites/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) > [I did have one bad accident up north near Deerhurst. I was driving back in the winter on these snowy roads, and these two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/i-did-have-one-bad-accident-up-north-near-deerhurst-i-was-driving/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) > [Some stresses are unavoidable - it's just part of life. One of the things I do to avoid stress is not work with people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/some-stresses-are-unavoidable-it-s-just-part-of-life-one-of-the/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) > [You can tell black artists are front and centre when Usher discovers and launches Justin Bieber.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/you-can-tell-black-artists-are-front-and-centre-when-usher-discovers/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) > [The stuff I write I'm very proud of, but I'm smart enough to know I'll never get on the cover of 'Rolling Stone' next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/the-stuff-i-write-i-m-very-proud-of-but-i-m-smart-enough-to-know-i-ll/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) > [When you look at the lyrics of 'Sometimes When We Touch,' it's really very much an adolescent song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/when-you-look-at-the-lyrics-of-sometimes-when-we-touch-it-s-really/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) > [Flipping through the 'Toronto Star' one day in 2008, I noticed a piece about a phenomenal boxer from the Philippines who had won several…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/flipping-through-the-toronto-star-one-day-in-2008-i-noticed-a-piece/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) > [Woody Allen movies notwithstanding, therapy, in the early eighties, was not exactly a hot conversation starter. Nor was it a favoured activity for dysfunctional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/woody-allen-movies-notwithstanding-therapy-in-the-early-eighties-was/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) > [To be sure, boxing has always been, at best, a shady and sometimes cutthroat business, buttressed by hype and tomfoolery rivalling, at times, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/to-be-sure-boxing-has-always-been-at-best-a-shady-and-sometimes/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) > [My dad was one of four children. His three siblings were female, and he loved and protected them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/my-dad-was-one-of-four-children-his-three-siblings-were-female-and-he/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) > [If we don't invest now in so-called priority neighbourhoods with music classes, athletic facilities, and skills training and mentoring, we will all pay more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/if-we-don-t-invest-now-in-so-called-priority-neighbourhoods-with/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) > [You succeed and accomplish and accomplish; the problem is when you stop, you become depressed because you could never do enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/you-succeed-and-accomplish-and-accomplish-the-problem-is-when-you/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) > [I think my father had a certain degree of insecurity and need to achieve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/i-think-my-father-had-a-certain-degree-of-insecurity-and-need-to/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) > [In Don Mills in the Sixties, nothing comes close to the humiliation of losing an argument. In our weird little creative circle, no one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/in-don-mills-in-the-sixties-nothing-comes-close-to-the-humiliation-of/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/dan-hill/#itemlist", "name": "13 Song Quotes By Dan Hill", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'd sometimes do 50, 60 takes of song.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dan Hill" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/i-d-sometimes-do-50-60-takes-of-song/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f2/dan-hill-9616_sometimes_i-d-sometimes-do-50-60-takes-of-song-305_3059367.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f2/dan-hill-9616_sometimes_i-d-sometimes-do-50-60-takes-of-song-305_3059367.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f2/dan-hill-9616_sometimes_i-d-sometimes-do-50-60-takes-of-song-305_3059367.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'd sometimes do 50, 60 takes of song.” — Dan Hill", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Songs sometimes are so connected to the sociology of the time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dan Hill" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/songs-sometimes-are-so-connected-to-the-sociology-of-the-time/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/dan-hill-9616_connected_songs-sometimes-are-so-connected-to-the_1576320.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/dan-hill-9616_connected_songs-sometimes-are-so-connected-to-the_1576320.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/dan-hill-9616_connected_songs-sometimes-are-so-connected-to-the_1576320.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Songs sometimes are so connected to the sociology of the time.” — Dan Hill", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dan Hill" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/to-be-23-and-riding-the-crest-of-a-song-sweeping-the-world-country-by/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60e/dan-hill-9616_altered_to-be-23-and-riding-the-crest-of-a-song_1526234.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60e/dan-hill-9616_altered_to-be-23-and-riding-the-crest-of-a-song_1526234.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60e/dan-hill-9616_altered_to-be-23-and-riding-the-crest-of-a-song_1526234.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To be 23 and riding the crest of a song sweeping the world country by country is to live an altered and…” — Dan Hill", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the music world, concerts unfold strictly according to plan. 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