Being a pop fan is a lot like Catholic devotion - lots of ritual, lots of ceremony... We touch the icon to… — Rob Sheffield Agony Copy Share Image
“In some circles, admitting you love Top 40 radio is tantamount to bragging you gave your grandmother the clap, in church, in… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“...We recognize that smile when we see it in the mirror, or on the faces of our friends, at weddings, anniversaries, christenings,… — Rob Sheffield Marriage Copy Share Image
“I believe that when you’re making a mix, you’re making history.” — Rob Sheffield History Copy Share Image
When I started out as a music journalist, at the end of the 1980s, it was generally assumed that we were living… — Rob Sheffield Angst Copy Share Image
“I often took the bus to her apartment, where we drank bourbon and ginger ale, listened to the music we wanted to… — Rob Sheffield Music Copy Share Image
The hungry feeling and the lonely feeling merged until it was hard to tell them apart. — Rob Sheffield Feelings Copy Share Image
Watching the evening news in 2011 is a strange time-travel experience. 'The CBS Evening News,' 'ABC World News' and 'NBC Nightly News'… — Rob Sheffield Abc Copy Share Image
“The times you lived through, the people you shared those times with—nothing brings it all to life like an old mix tape.… — Rob Sheffield Better job Copy Share Image
One of the billions of things I love about Beyonce: The harder she tries to come on crazy, the less crazy she… — Rob Sheffield About Copy Share Image
It's easy to see why 'American Horror' is freaking people out. The ultraviolent hallucinations never pause long enough to make sense. In… — Rob Sheffield American Copy Share Image
That's the secret of 'True Blood' - all the creatures that roam Bon Temps become a metaphor for our insatiable lusts and… — Rob Sheffield Appetite 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 felt knots untie themselves, knots I didn't know were there. I could already tell there were things happening deep inside of… — Rob Sheffield Falling in love Copy Share Image
Somtimes you lie in a strange room, in a strange person's home, and you feel yourself bending out of shape. Melting, touching… — Rob Sheffield Bending Copy Share Image
“Listening to it now is like a personally guided tour through my past.” — Rob Sheffield Time Copy Share Image
“Everything was changing, that was obvious. The world was so full of music, it seemed we could never run out. ’Twas bliss… — Rob Sheffield Music Copy Share Image
It was in that bubble after Vatican II when it seemed like the best time ever to grow up Catholic. It was… — Rob Sheffield After 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
“We couldn't believe how exciting it was to be together, a pair of young Americruisers on a roll. We'd lived for just… — Rob Sheffield Favorite song Copy Share Image
“I keep my friends around, try to stay close to them, try to treat them right. I try to stay in touch… — Rob Sheffield Friendship Copy Share Image
“it was just another temporary technological mutation designed to do the same thing music always does, which is allow emotionally warped people… — Rob Sheffield Music Copy Share Image