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title: "3 Bad time Quotes By Rob Sheffield"
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> [“What I get out of karaoke is a little weirder than mere musical competence. It's a love ritual that keeps me coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-sheffield/what-i-get-out-of-karaoke-is-a-little-weirder-than-mere-musical/)

[Rob Sheffield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-sheffield/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d73/rob-sheffield-1368_bad-time_what-i-get-out-of-karaoke-is-a-little-we_952669.jpg)

> [“But for me, if we're talking about romance, cassettes wipe the floor with MP3s. This has nothing to do with superstition, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-sheffield/but-for-me-if-we-re-talking-about-romance-cassettes-wipe-the-floor/)

[Rob Sheffield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-sheffield/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/757/rob-sheffield-1368_bad-time_but-for-me-if-we-re-talking-about-romanc_1593412.png)

> [Sometimes great tunes happen to bad times, and when the bad time is over, not all the tunes get to move on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-sheffield/sometimes-great-tunes-happen-to-bad-times-and-when-the-bad-time-is/)

[Rob Sheffield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-sheffield/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c2/rob-sheffield-1368_bad-time_sometimes-great-tunes-happen-to-bad-time_3190395.png)

## Other authors on Bad time

## More by Rob Sheffield

> [One of the best moments of any Liars show is hearing the crowd squawk 'We're doomed! We're doomed!' on cue during 'We Fenced Other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-sheffield/one-of-the-best-moments-of-any-liars-show-is-hearing-the-crowd-squawk/)

[Rob Sheffield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-sheffield/)

> [“I suck at fighting. I have never really learned how to talk and be mad at the same time. If I have angry words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-sheffield/i-suck-at-fighting-i-have-never-really-learned-how-to-talk-and-be-mad/)

[Rob Sheffield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-sheffield/)

> [Morrissey was my Mrs. Garrett, the house mother from the Facts of Life, a soothing adult figure giving me words of wisdom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-sheffield/morrissey-was-my-mrs-garrett-the-house-mother-from-the-facts-of-life/)

[Rob Sheffield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-sheffield/)

> [“I had never gotten the hang of dating — I was always going to be somebody who either had a girlfriend or didn't.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-sheffield/i-had-never-gotten-the-hang-of-dating-i-was-always-going-to-be/)

[Rob Sheffield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-sheffield/)

> [The hottest trash-disco star in the world: Ke$ha! She has a lot in common with Kiss, actually, even spelling her name with a dollar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-sheffield/the-hottest-trash-disco-star-in-the-world-ke-ha-she-has-a-lot-in/)

[Rob Sheffield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-sheffield/)

> [“on the 11th of every month my friend elizabeth would say, "well we made it through another month. so do we get her back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-sheffield/on-the-11th-of-every-month-my-friend-elizabeth-would-say-well-we-made/)

[Rob Sheffield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-sheffield/)

> [“What doesn't kill you maims you, cripples you, leaves you weak, makes you whiny and full of yourself at the same time. The more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-sheffield/what-doesn-t-kill-you-maims-you-cripples-you-leaves-you-weak-makes/)

[Rob Sheffield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-sheffield/)

> [“But when you're a teenage boy, you can be narrow-minded about things that are girlie, things that are frivolous, things that are pop. Boys…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-sheffield/but-when-you-re-a-teenage-boy-you-can-be-narrow-minded-about-things/)

[Rob Sheffield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-sheffield/)

> [“I've never heard of anybody getting rid of their prized Exile postcards, much less actually writing on them and sending them through the mail…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-sheffield/i-ve-never-heard-of-anybody-getting-rid-of-their-prized-exile/)

[Rob Sheffield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-sheffield/)

> [It's always that one song that gets to you. You can hide, but the song comes to find you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-sheffield/it-s-always-that-one-song-that-gets-to-you-you-can-hide-but-the-song/)

[Rob Sheffield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-sheffield/)

> [There are all kinds of mix tapes. there is always a reason to make one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-sheffield/there-are-all-kinds-of-mix-tapes-there-is-always-a-reason-to-make-one/)

[Rob Sheffield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-sheffield/)

> [“By the time you're an adult, you're used to seeing your friends disappear into their five-year plans. They drop out to get married, have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-sheffield/by-the-time-you-re-an-adult-you-re-used-to-seeing-your-friends/)

[Rob Sheffield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-sheffield/)

> [“Last fall, I was sitting at the kitchen table of two friends who have been together since 1972. They tell me a story about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-sheffield/last-fall-i-was-sitting-at-the-kitchen-table-of-two-friends-who-have/)

[Rob Sheffield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-sheffield/)

> [Tonight, I feel like my whole body is made out of memories. I'm a mix-tape, a cassette that's been rewound so many times you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-sheffield/tonight-i-feel-like-my-whole-body-is-made-out-of-memories-i-m-a-mix/)

[Rob Sheffield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-sheffield/)

> [“You're in a physical landscape you share with this bizarre and fundamentally alien creature, not alien because she's female but alien because you're a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-sheffield/you-re-in-a-physical-landscape-you-share-with-this-bizarre-and/)

[Rob Sheffield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-sheffield/)

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