Madonna was so flamboyant in terms of her look, her style, her public pronouncements, her religious taboo-smashing. — Rob Sheffield Flamboyant Copy Share Image
'I'll Tumble 4 Ya' has to be one of the most ridiculous hit singles that any international superstars have given the world. — Rob Sheffield Given Copy Share Image
Not being able to protect her from things was the most frightening thing I'd ever felt, and it kicked in as soon… — Rob Sheffield Able Copy Share Image
Like most fans of 'So You Think You Can Dance,' I wouldn't know a pasodoble if it beat me with a rake. — Rob Sheffield Beats Copy Share Image
But MTV relishes its vestigial role as a star maker, so every year it puts all its clout into making the VMAs… — Rob Sheffield Attention Copy Share Image
“He sang about girls in space-why not? That's where all the cool girls were. (They weren't where I could find them, that… — Rob Sheffield Cool girl Copy Share Image
The Word 'Repulse': I hate this word. I believe 'repel' is a perfectly good word, and 'repulsion' is the noun, as well… — Rob Sheffield Believe 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 Alive Copy Share Image
'Drive,' that's the one. I love dozens of songs by R.E.M., but that's the one, even though it took me 7 or… — Rob Sheffield Dozen Copy Share Image
“I had never been so extravagantly proud of having blood that clotted.” — Rob Sheffield Kindlehighlight Copy Share Image
“The radio tape puts you right back in the original time and place when you first heard the songs. You are there,… — Rob Sheffield Song Copy Share Image
“I believe that when you’re making a mix, you’re making history. You ransack the vaults, you haul off all the junk you… — Rob Sheffield Art Copy Share Image
“That’s why I never married. Marriage is lonely, but it ain’t private.” That was always my most intense fear about getting married:… — Rob Sheffield Getting married Copy Share Image
“I hate when people question my ability to get from one place to another without mutilating myself. It's tantamount to saying, "Try… — Rob Sheffield Death 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
Thanks for existing, R.E.M. It's hard to overstate how much these guys changed everything, creating an entire rock audience in their own… — Rob Sheffield Audience Copy Share Image
“We are kind people in an unkind world, to paraphrase Wallace Stevens. How do you pretend you don't know about it, after… — Rob Sheffield Free man Copy Share Image
“I've played the song for a lot of people who respond, 'Hmmmm, this is interesting,' but in a way it's more like… — Rob Sheffield Song 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
“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
“At Camp Don Bosco, there were Bibles all over the place, mostly 1970s hippie versions like Good News for Modern Man. They… — Rob Sheffield Bible Copy Share Image
Unlike me, Renee was not shy; she was a real people-pleaser. She worried way too much what people thought of her, wore… — Rob Sheffield Cheat Copy Share Image
“I grew up on country radio. You know I'm a sucker for that 'we got no money but we got love' crap.” — Rob Sheffield Love Copy Share Image
Sometimes great tunes happen to bad times, and when the bad time is over, not all the tunes get to move on… — Rob Sheffield Bad time Copy Share Image
