Dave Bidini > Quotes

“In Toronto, fans applaud; in Vancouver, they cheer; but in Calgary, they howl hair-raising, guttural paroxysms of zeal.”
― Dave Bidini, On a Cold Road: Tales of Adventure in Canadian Rock

“Actually, the term "drove" is misleading when applied to travelling across the prairies; a better verb might be "pointed", which is all one has to do when moving in a straight line with about ten thousand feet between vehicles.”
― Dave Bidini, On a Cold Road: Tales of Adventure in Canadian Rock

“Vancouver was like a long kiss from a ponytailed girl. I left a piece of myself there.

Everybody does the first time.”
― Dave Bidini, On a Cold Road: Tales of Adventure in Canadian Rock

“Those who simply put their head down and power through this unsung province [Saskatchewan] are denying themselves its subtle powers.”
― Dave Bidini, On a Cold Road: Tales of Adventure in Canadian Rock

“We knew that Red Deer would be a bad gig as soon as we entered the city limits, where a giant Shell sign with the S burnt out blinked at us from a sixty-foot pole.

Welcome to HELL.”
― Dave Bidini, On a Cold Road: Tales of Adventure in Canadian Rock