Jim Cuddy
Birthday: December 2, 1955 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jim was born in Toronto, ON, but moved when he was very young. He and his family have lived in Montreal, QU, Brantford, ON, and the USA. He first asked for a guitar when he was 10 because he wanted to ...Show More
[on songwriting] Every time I would write a song that I thought would be suitable for the fiddle, I Show more
[on songwriting] Every time I would write a song that I thought would be suitable for the fiddle, I couldn't make it rural. I kept making it more city-sounding, more a brick neighborhood than a field. Hide
I recognize that for a lot of people, their love of royalty is about fairy tales made manifest. But Show more
I recognize that for a lot of people, their love of royalty is about fairy tales made manifest. But I have no feelings like that whatever. I didn't even like fairy tales when I was a kid. But the more I real about [Prince William] the more I admire him. I come to it from having watched 'The King's Speech', about somebody that had to completely sacrifice and subjugate his personality to become king. That something is the spirit that Will is following. I mean, he could be Harry. He could just be leading a rich guy's life. Hide
There are all these urban centers around the world that I've got so much inspiration from, and then Show more
There are all these urban centers around the world that I've got so much inspiration from, and then I come back and write about the mountains and Lake Louise. Okay, that was inspiring a one time too, but I've had as much inspiration from New York and Toronto as anywhere. Hide
Jim Cuddy's FILMOGRAPHY
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