I definitely wasn't cool in high school. I really wasn't. I did belong to many of the clubs and was in leadership on yearbook and did the musical theater route, so I had friends in all areas. But I certainly did not know what to wear, did not know how to do my hair, all those things.
Tony knew me both as an athlete and as a person. He cared for me like a father.
Any idiot who knows five chords can bang a song together. But it's probably going to be rubbish.