The dilemma of the eighth-grade dance is that boys and girls use music in different ways. Girls enjoy music they can dance… — Rob Sheffield Boy and girl Copy Share Image
The sax solo as we know it today would not exist without Gerry Rafferty. His 1978 soft-rock classic 'Baker Street' has to… — Rob Sheffield Bakers Copy Share Image
“What I get out of karaoke is a little weirder than mere musical competence. It's a love ritual that keeps me coming… — Rob Sheffield Bad time Copy Share Image
“I still haven't finished unpacking - by the time I do, it'll be time to move again.” — Rob Sheffield Time 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 Adult life Copy Share Image
Lots of people like Seth MacFarlane. Many other people like watching the Oscars. But nobody likes both, not even Seth MacFarlane, who… — Rob Sheffield Both Copy Share Image
“So you get less shy about how hard you have to try. And you don't bother hiding your Kotter tapes. Sure, they… — Rob Sheffield Love Copy Share Image
It was R.E.M. who showed other Eighties bands how to get away with ignoring the rules - they lived in some weird… — Rob Sheffield Band Copy Share Image
“I was a wallflower who planned to stay that way, who never imagined anybody else to be.” — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
'American Horror' goes for a very specific kind of Seventies suburban downer ambience - 'Flowers in the Attic' paperbacks, Black Sabbath album… — Rob Sheffield Album cover 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
“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 Friendship Copy Share Image
You'd think if anyone could charm America into caring about the evening news, it would be Katie Couric, the Tri Delt from… — Rob Sheffield America Copy Share Image
Both of my books, 'Love Is a Mix Tape' and 'Talking to Girls About Duran Duran,' are about how music gets tangled… — Rob Sheffield About Copy Share Image
Big Star invented a vision of bohemian rock & roll cool that had nothing to do with New York, Los Angeles or… — Rob Sheffield Also Copy Share Image
“For all karaoke freaks around the nation, “Total Eclipse of the Heart” is one of those sacred anthems. It’s the kind of… — Rob Sheffield Song Copy Share Image
“The things that bring couples together will always terrify me more than the things that tear us apart. They will always be… — Rob Sheffield Love Copy Share Image
It goes without saying that 'Buncha Losers' comedies speak to tough times. The massive unemployment of the Reagan years gave us 'Taxi,'… — Rob Sheffield Cheer Copy Share Image
“You lose a certain type of innocence when you experience this type of kindness. You lose your right to be a jaded… — Rob Sheffield Kindness Copy Share Image
“Learning, over and over. The work of love will make you bloody and it will make you lonely.” — Rob Sheffield Learning Copy Share Image
“Did I learn anything? No way. But all the things you want to learn from grief turn out to be the total… — Rob Sheffield Death Copy Share Image
Love dies in many different ways, and it's natural for the grass to seem greener on the other side. But it's not… — Rob Sheffield Competition Copy Share Image
“And they’re right—what could be scarier, stupider, than staying together? How else could you totally guarantee that you would always have reasons… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“Tacos will grow on Christmas trees before I learn to carry a tune. Fortunately, it doesn’t matter. In karaoke, talent means nada;… — Rob Sheffield Christmas tree 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
