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 of carnival circuses.”

“Since the dawn of recorded music, every generation has felt shocked by the musical tastes of the next.”

“In the music world, concerts unfold strictly according to plan. But, as I'd been finding out, in the book world, things keep changing by the second.”

“Hit songs are mysterious and slippery beasts; few artists have a lock on them. This means that many people, like me, have become fans of songs rather than fans of artists.”

“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 to be attached to a catheter. I saw all that stuff happen to my father, and as much as it upset me because I loved my father so much, it also really traumatized me.”