Nothing connects to the moment like music. I count the music to bring me back, or more precisely, to bring her forward. — Rob Sheffield Moments 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
But bringing people together is what music has always done best. — Rob Sheffield Done Copy Share Image
Singing what's in your heart? Naming the things you love and loathe? You can get hurt that way. Hell, you will get… — Rob Sheffield Enough Copy Share Image
“Rod exemplifies the attitude that Losing It is no big deal. He saw that fate coming, and he was already planning to… — Rob Sheffield Aging gracefully Copy Share Image
'Buncha Losers' comedy is one of those homegrown American art forms, up there with infomercials and Elvis-shaped soap carvings. No other civilization… — Rob Sheffield American Copy Share Image
“She also told me about the night one of her astrophysics friends went to a bar trivia contest where the final question… — Rob Sheffield Friendship Copy Share Image
“At work she became instant best friends with the Clinique girl, Susan, a Waynesboro muscle-car aficionado. She was fond of dispensinf wisdom… — Rob Sheffield Best friend Copy Share Image
“There are millions of songs in the world, and millions of ways to connect them into mixes. Making the connections is part… — Rob Sheffield Music Copy Share Image
Movies for adults sucked in the 1980s, and music for adults sucked even worse; whether we're talking about Kathleen Turner flicks or… — Rob Sheffield About Copy Share Image
“At that moment, I knew she was the girl for me. Of course, we'd already been going out for a few weeks,… — Rob Sheffield Time Copy Share Image
The 2000s were the time when bromance became a kind of love that dared to speak its name. As a high-water mark… — Rob Sheffield Bff Copy Share Image
“Don't go home with that magic man! I wanted to shake my Walkman, warn the Heart girls to run away. Don't trust… — Rob Sheffield Try to understand 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 Life 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
“I always envied my friends who had older siblings who could guide them through the teenage wasteland.” — Rob Sheffield Brotherhood Copy Share Image
“The reality of boy-girl life gets harsh, but in my fantasy, the music keeps them together.” — Rob Sheffield Life 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 Better job Copy Share Image
It was bewildering and humbling to keep discovering how many brave things people can fail to talk themselves out of doing. — Rob Sheffield Brave 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
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
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
“Anything can be a love song as long as two people care about it.” — Rob Sheffield Love Copy Share Image
