Ronnie Spector's hair was taller and meaner and scarier than all four Shangri-La's combined, plus the drummer from the Honeycombs. You just… — Rob Sheffield Drummer Copy Share Image
'The Queen Is Dead' is not merely the Smiths' best album, but it is one of those timeless, perfect, inexhaustible artifacts that… — Rob Sheffield Adulthood Copy Share Image
“Dave Matthews is mixing violin solos with saxophone solos and it's bad for the baby” — Rob Sheffield Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
“That same power translates everywhere, all around the world, because nothing expresses joy like singing together.” — Rob Sheffield Around the world Copy Share Image
I realize that I will never fully understand the millions of bizarre ways that music brings people together. — Rob Sheffield Bizarre Copy Share Image
“We want to freeze the perfect moment, hold on to it, at least long enough to understand it. But it dances on… — Rob Sheffield Astronomy Copy Share Image
“This is what they call "hitting rock bottom," and they call it that because it rocks.” — Rob Sheffield Hitting Rock Bottom 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
“We had nothing in common, except we both loved music. It was the first connection we had, and we depended on it… — Rob Sheffield Music Copy Share Image
“I hear the noise in his voice, and I hear a boy trying to scare the darkness away. I wish I could… — Rob Sheffield Darkness Copy Share Image
Thank you for the music, Sleater-Kinney. This gang of three was the best American punk rock band ever. Ever. — Rob Sheffield Band Copy Share Image
Every American wants a clean slate, but nobody wants to lose what they've got. — Rob Sheffield Clean Copy Share Image
“He said 'My kingdom is not of this world.' So did Bowie. It tapped into the whole Catholic idea of creating your… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“Girls are the White Album and they all have Revolution 9's. They have all that stuff you wish you could edit out.… — Rob Sheffield Fall in love Copy Share Image
“Neither of us ever threw anything away. We made a lot of mix tapes while we were together. Tapes for making out,… — Rob Sheffield Falling asleep Copy Share Image
“When you want to start living, what do you do? How do you start? Where do you go? Who do you need… — Rob Sheffield Life Copy Share Image
In my headphones, I led a life of romance and incident and intrigue, none of which had anything to do with the… — Rob Sheffield Headphones Copy Share Image
“But “ma’am” doesn’t translate in the North, where it just startles and offends.” — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
She was the first person on either side of her family to go to college, and she held herself to insanely high… — Rob Sheffield Beautiful Copy Share Image
Thanks to the greatest invention of recent years, the MP3-playing alarm clock, I can now choose the song that wakes me up… — Rob Sheffield Alarm clock Copy Share Image
“Human benevolence is totally unfair. We don’t live in a kind or generous world, yet we are kind and generous.” — Rob Sheffield Kindness Copy Share Image
Hardly anyone liked R.E.M. who didn't like them way too much, so part of being an R.E.M. fan meant getting wildly overinvested… — Rob Sheffield Anyone 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
