I've built my whole life around loving music. I'm a writer for 'Rolling Stone,' so I am constantly searching for new bands… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“I felt knots untie themselves, knots I didn't know were there. I could already tell there were things happening deep inside of… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“I was too young to know adult life is full of accidents and interrupted moments and empty beds you climb into and… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
Every mix tape tells a story. Put them together, and they add up to the story of life. — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“I don’t know what your type is. I don’t know what your deal is. I don’t even know if you have a… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“You have blundered into an adult existence you don't understand, and you can't tell whether you planned it this way or whether… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“I kept thinking of an old Robert Mitchum cowboy movie where he goes back to see the farmhouse where he was born… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“When you want to start living, what do you do? How do you start? Where do you go?” — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
You know the Prince song where the girl's phone rings but she tells him, "whoever's calling couldn't be as cute as you?"… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
'The Sopranos' gets praised as novelistic, but it follows the most banal of life patterns, showing the sheer tedium of being a… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
Every moment of my life has a soundtrack, so I never know when some song is going to jump me by surprise… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“Renee used to say real life was a bad country song, except bad country songs were believable and real life isn't.” — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“The reality of boy-girl life gets harsh, but in my fantasy, the music keeps them together.” — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“I have built my entire life around loving music, and I surround myself with it. I’m always racing to catch up on… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“We want to freeze the perfect moment, hold on to it, at least long enough to understand it. But it dances on… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“When you want to start living, what do you do? How do you start? Where do you go? Who do you need… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
In my headphones, I led a life of romance and incident and intrigue, none of which had anything to do with the… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
Loving Duran Duran has been one of the constants of my life, but I have no idea what they would sound like… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
If all music did was bring the past alive, that would be fine. You can hide away in music and let it… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
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… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“I suck at fighting. I have never really learned how to talk and be mad at the same time. If I have angry words… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
Morrissey was my Mrs. Garrett, the house mother from the Facts of Life, a soothing adult figure giving me words of wisdom. — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“I had never gotten the hang of dating — I was always going to be somebody who either had a girlfriend or didn't.” — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
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… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“on the 11th of every month my friend elizabeth would say, "well we made it through another month. so do we get her back… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“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… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“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… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“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… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
It's always that one song that gets to you. You can hide, but the song comes to find you. — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
There are all kinds of mix tapes. there is always a reason to make one. — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“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… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
