Every American wants a clean slate, but nobody wants to lose what they've got. — Rob Sheffield Clean Copy Share Image
“Listening to it now is like a personally guided tour through my past.” — Rob Sheffield Past Copy Share Image
Every mix tape tells a story. Put them together, and they add up to the story of life. — Rob Sheffield Life Copy Share Image
If the girls keep dancing, everybody's happy. If the girls don't dance, nobody's happy. — Rob Sheffield Dance Copy Share Image
Our amour fou with 'The Sopranos' is headed for long-term parking, like so many of its most memorable characters. We'll never see… — Rob Sheffield Amour 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 Adults 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 Country 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 Alive Copy Share Image
One of Renee's friends asked her, "Does your boyfriend wear glasses?" She said, "No, he wears a Walkman. — Rob Sheffield Boyfriend Copy Share Image
Falling in love with Renee was not the kind of thing you walk away from in one piece. I had no chance.… — Rob Sheffield Chance Copy Share Image
“They’re never technically tapes, but they’re always called mix tapes anyway, just because tapes are always cool.” — Rob Sheffield Tapes Copy Share Image
People who wave digital cameras at shows are the same people who sit in front of you at hockey games and wear… — Rob Sheffield Cameras Copy Share Image
Seeing Taylor Swift live in 2013 is seeing a maestro at the top of her or anyone's game. No other pop auteur… — Rob Sheffield Auteurs Copy Share Image
Rebecca Black might sing like a robot, but that's just proof she has evolved beyond us. Her vocal is just a slightly… — Rob Sheffield Black 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… — Rob Sheffield Audience Copy Share Image
“Just more of that endless, useless knowledge you absorb when you're in a relationship, with no meaning or relevance outside of that… — Rob Sheffield Knowledge Copy Share Image
I was the only kid at Camp Don Bosco who would admit he was an alter boy back home, so I served… — Rob Sheffield Bells Copy Share Image
In their heyday, the Pet Shop Boys were the Interpol of the Eighties, dressing up to sing really weird pop songs about… — Rob Sheffield Big cities 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 About Copy Share Image
Ah, the bond between English boys and California girls. For those of us who aren't either, it's a bond that fascinates and… — Rob Sheffield Ah Copy Share Image
“Falling in love with Renée was not the kind of thing you walk away from in one piece. I had no chance.… — Rob Sheffield Falling in love Copy Share Image
“I thought, there is nowhere else in the universe I would rather be at this moment... There is nowhere else I could… — Rob Sheffield Right now Copy Share Image
It’s the same with people who say, ‘Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.’ Even people who say this must realize that… — Rob Sheffield Annoying 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 Boyfriend Copy Share Image
“Some nights I would drive up Route 29 to the all-night Wal-Mart. I'd push a cart around with some paper towels inside… — Rob Sheffield Love Copy Share Image
“The Replacements made me feel a little less scared, because they made good imaginary friends. They looked like a band that would… — Rob Sheffield Friendship 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… — Rob Sheffield Female Copy Share Image
“When Renee and I talked about it years later, we agreed on one point: We were insane. Renee always said, "If any… — Rob Sheffield Humor Copy Share Image
“I remember the summer of 1996, at a drunken wedding with one of my professors, a Hendrix-freak baby boomer, when he was… — Rob Sheffield Baby boom Copy Share Image
“For two weeks, I lay awake at night and said Hail Marys over and over to stop my heart from beating too… — Rob Sheffield Awake at night Copy Share Image
“One day, you're in a physical landscape you share with this bizarre and fundamentally alien creature, not alien because she's female but… — Rob Sheffield Love Copy Share Image
“But for me, if we're talking about romance, cassettes wipe the floor with MP3s. This has nothing to do with superstition, or… — Rob Sheffield Bad time Copy Share Image
“I thought, There is nowhere else in the universe I would rather be at this moment. I could count the places I… — Rob Sheffield Machu picchu Copy Share Image
“Trying to live in the past didn't work for me, and it's only now that I fully realize I'm incredibly lucky it… — Rob Sheffield Happy memories Copy Share Image
“I was helpless in trying to return people's kindness, but also helpless to resist it. Kindness is a scarier force than cruelty,… — Rob Sheffield Compassion Copy Share Image
“Back home, my favorite part of Mass was during communion, when I'd stand at the rail and hold a little gold platter… — Rob Sheffield Brothers and sisters Copy Share Image
