--- title: "Best Dan Hill Quotes" description: "Daniel Grafton Hill IV is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. Browse 71 Dan Hill quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-dan-hill-9616.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-dan-hill-9616.jpg) # Dan Hill (2002) Rugby League Player Canada **71** quotes in **745** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Dan Hill is a rugby league player from Canada, best known for *Emotionomics*. ## Quick Facts About Dan Hill Born July 15, 2002 Nationality Canada Profession Rugby League Player Notable works Emotionomics Known for Sometimes When We Touch Spouse Beverly Chapin ## About Dan Hill Daniel Grafton Hill IV is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. He had two major international hits with his songs "Sometimes When We Touch" and "Can't We Try", a duet with Vonda Shepard, as well as a number of other charting singles in Canada and the United States. He also established himself as a songwriter who produced hit songs for artists such as George Benson and Celine Dion. ## Awards & Honors Grammy Award for Album of the Year Juno Award for Album of the Year Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year ## Quotes by Dan Hill · Page 2 > [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/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/dan-hill-9616_age_my-oh-my-how-sometimes-when-we-touch-has_1224722.png) > [You ask me if I love you and I choke on my reply. I'd rather hurt you honestly than mislead you with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/you-ask-me-if-i-love-you-and-i-choke-on-my-reply-i-d-rather-hurt-you/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Ask me](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ask-me/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbf/dan-hill-9616_ask-me_you-ask-me-if-i-love-you-and-i-choke-on_2949234.png) > [That was my first introduction to BMWs in 1978, when my friend bought it for me as a surprise with my money.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/that-was-my-first-introduction-to-bmws-in-1978-when-my-friend-bought/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Bought](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bought/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/dan-hill-9616_bought_that-was-my-first-introduction-to-bmws-i_2943630.png) > [At 10, I heard Neil Diamond's 'Solitary Man' and it moved me so deeply I stood, frozen in place during school recess,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/at-10-i-heard-neil-diamond-s-solitary-man-and-it-moved-me-so-deeply-i/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Deeply](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deeply/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e5/dan-hill-9616_deeply_at-10-i-heard-neil-diamond-s-solitary-ma_1444166.png) > [To be sure, boxing has always been, at best, a shady and sometimes cutthroat business, buttressed by hype and tomfoolery rivalling, at…](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/) [Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a26/dan-hill-9616_always_to-be-sure-boxing-has-always-been-at-bes_592174.png) > [I'm an intense guy. I run 10 miles a day, which helps alleviate my intensity. Also, singing helps defuse my intensity. Playing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/i-m-an-intense-guy-i-run-10-miles-a-day-which-helps-alleviate-my/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Alleviate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alleviate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63f/dan-hill-9616_alleviate_i-m-an-intense-guy-i-run-10-miles-a-day_1564411.png) > [I got the big BMW X5, and I didn't like it. It was just too big, and I didn't feel comfortable driving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/i-got-the-big-bmw-x5-and-i-didn-t-like-it-it-was-just-too-big-and-i/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Afraid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afraid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b30/dan-hill-9616_afraid_i-got-the-big-bmw-x5-and-i-didn-t-like-i_3154846.png) > [I don't want to lose my legs, you know. I don't want to be wheeled around in a wheelchair. I don't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/i-don-t-want-to-lose-my-legs-you-know-i-don-t-want-to-be-wheeled/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Also](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/also/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5b/dan-hill-9616_also_i-don-t-want-to-lose-my-legs-you-know-i_2091583.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/) [Also](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/also/) [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/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef3/dan-hill-9616_art_hit-songs-are-mysterious-and-slippery-be_2100033.png) > [If we don't invest now in so-called priority neighbourhoods with music classes, athletic facilities, and skills training and mentoring, we will all…](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/) [Athletic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/athletic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e3/dan-hill-9616_athletic_if-we-don-t-invest-now-in-so-called-prio_654359.png) > [Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/ringside-seats-mean-you-hear-the-breaking-of-ribs-the-splattered/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [After](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/after/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/551/dan-hill-9616_after_ringside-seats-mean-you-hear-the-breakin_2607277.png) > [While I've won five Junos, I've donated four of them to the National Archives in Ottawa. Which left my fifth Juno sitting,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/while-i-ve-won-five-junos-i-ve-donated-four-of-them-to-the-national/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Abandoned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abandoned/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bd/dan-hill-9616_abandoned_while-i-ve-won-five-junos-i-ve-donated-f_2153757.png) > [In a world where people are hungry for quick fixes and sound bites, for instant gratification, there's no patience for the long,…](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/) [Act](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/act/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e61/dan-hill-9616_act_in-a-world-where-people-are-hungry-for-q_214702.png) > [Sometimes when we touch..The honesty's too much, and I have to close my eyes and hide. I want to hold you till…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/sometimes-when-we-touch-the-honesty-s-too-much-and-i-have-to-close-my/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Break](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/break/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c3/dan-hill-9616_break_sometimes-when-we-touch-the-honesty-s-to_2139626.png) > [Flipping through the 'Toronto Star' one day in 2008, I noticed a piece about a phenomenal boxer from the Philippines who had…](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/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/434/dan-hill-9616_about_flipping-through-the-toronto-star-one-da_516898.jpg) > [I did have one bad accident up north near Deerhurst. I was driving back in the winter on these snowy roads, and…](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/) [Accident](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accident/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aef/dan-hill-9616_accident_i-did-have-one-bad-accident-up-north-nea_262262.jpg) > [Toronto is exploding with cyclists, with more and more people wanting to cycle and being turned off driving because of the incredible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/toronto-is-exploding-with-cyclists-with-more-and-more-people-wanting/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Around](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/around/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/691/dan-hill-9616_around_toronto-is-exploding-with-cyclists-with_1103333.png) > [In Don Mills in the Sixties, nothing comes close to the humiliation of losing an argument. In our weird little creative circle,…](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/) [Argument](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/argument/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e58/dan-hill-9616_argument_in-don-mills-in-the-sixties-nothing-come_672604.jpg) > [With my son, I tried not to be so judgmental and tried not to push him so hard. I didn't want him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/with-my-son-i-tried-not-to-be-so-judgmental-and-tried-not-to-push-him/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Achieved](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achieved/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d65/dan-hill-9616_achieved_with-my-son-i-tried-not-to-be-so-judgmen_979930.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/) [Before](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/before/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7b/dan-hill-9616_before_i-just-wanted-to-show-people-maybe-i-m-w_1288821.png) > [Due to my work as a musician, songwriter, recording artist and author, hundreds of people stream in and out of my basement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/due-to-my-work-as-a-musician-songwriter-recording-artist-and-author/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b0/dan-hill-9616_art_due-to-my-work-as-a-musician-songwriter_2922042.png) > [I never go on a run when I don't think of my dad, where I don't think about how powerful his legs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/i-never-go-on-a-run-when-i-don-t-think-of-my-dad-where-i-don-t-think/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/dan-hill-9616_about_i-never-go-on-a-run-when-i-don-t-think-o_1671233.png) > [It was a double jolt for me. The jolt of seeing my father slowly die, the jolt of knowing that I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/it-was-a-double-jolt-for-me-the-jolt-of-seeing-my-father-slowly-die/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Care](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/care/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ba/dan-hill-9616_care_it-was-a-double-jolt-for-me-the-jolt-of_1969037.png) > [You are the dream that never dies,You are the fire that burns inside,Baby...I never thought that I could love... Someone as much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/you-are-the-dream-that-never-dies-you-are-the-fire-that-burns-inside/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Dream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dream/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae2/dan-hill-9616_dream_you-are-the-dream-that-never-dies-you-ar_1924044.png) > [When we bemoan the lost golden age of music, it's worth remembering that mainstream radio listeners of the '60s and '70s, particularly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/when-we-bemoan-the-lost-golden-age-of-music-it-s-worth-remembering/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b65/dan-hill-9616_age_when-we-bemoan-the-lost-golden-age-of-mu_1988134.png) > [In 1953, Mom and Dad, living in Toronto, discovered, to their shock, that Mom was expecting. I was born in June 1954.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/in-1953-mom-and-dad-living-in-toronto-discovered-to-their-shock-that/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Born](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/born/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f88/dan-hill-9616_born_in-1953-mom-and-dad-living-in-toronto-di_1843854.png) > [Much as my Boomer friends will hate me for saying this, Kanye West is the New Dylan. Not only do Kanye's best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/much-as-my-boomer-friends-will-hate-me-for-saying-this-kanye-west-is/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d4/dan-hill-9616_ali_much-as-my-boomer-friends-will-hate-me-f_3200595.jpg) > [I'm highly distractable, and I have too many things on my mind very often. When I'm driving in the city, it drives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/i-m-highly-distractable-and-i-have-too-many-things-on-my-mind-very/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [City](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/city/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/061/dan-hill-9616_city_i-m-highly-distractable-and-i-have-too-m_1246100.png) > [When you think of bike couriers, you think of hyper speed. They get paid by how fast they can drop stuff off.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/when-you-think-of-bike-couriers-you-think-of-hyper-speed-they-get/) [Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/) [Between](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/between/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbd/dan-hill-9616_between_when-you-think-of-bike-couriers-you-thin_751547.jpg) > [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/) [Create](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/create/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/dan-hill-9616_create_i-think-the-last-thing-you-want-to-do-as_814947.jpg) ## Dan Hill by topic [You (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/you/dan-hill/) [Song (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/dan-hill/) [Music (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/dan-hill/) [Me (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/me/dan-hill/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/#itemlist", "name": "Dan Hill Quotes", "numberOfItems": 31, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My, oh my, how 'Sometimes When We Touch' has travelled since I solemnly wrote my first version at the age of 19.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dan Hill" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/my-oh-my-how-sometimes-when-we-touch-has-travelled-since-i-solemnly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/dan-hill-9616_age_my-oh-my-how-sometimes-when-we-touch-has_1224722.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/dan-hill-9616_age_my-oh-my-how-sometimes-when-we-touch-has_1224722.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/dan-hill-9616_age_my-oh-my-how-sometimes-when-we-touch-has_1224722.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My, oh my, how 'Sometimes When We Touch' has travelled since I solemnly wrote my first version at the age of…” — Dan Hill", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You ask me if I love you and I choke on my reply. 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