All Rob Sheffield Quotes
- Singing what's in your heart? Naming the things you love and loathe? You can get hurt that way. Hell, you will get hurt that way.… All
- Every moment of my life has a soundtrack, so I never know when some song is going to jump me by surprise and bring the… Alive
- 'American Horror' is the debasement of the suburban family, the way a lonely kid would have imagined it in the Seventies. American
- Celebrity despicability is a precious thing. Celebrity
- Donna Summer would be remembered as a ground-breaking artist today even if she'd retired the day after she recorded 'I Feel Love' in 1977. Artist
- '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 8 years to… Dozen
- Every American wants a clean slate, but nobody wants to lose what they've got. American
- 'I'll Tumble 4 Ya' has to be one of the most ridiculous hit singles that any international superstars have given the world. Any
- I've built my whole life around loving music. I'm a writer for 'Rolling Stone,' so I am constantly searching for new bands and soaking up… Around Loving
- It takes only one bad amp to turn your ears to oatmeal: That's how old hippies became Yanni fans. Amp
- Like most fans of 'So You Think You Can Dance,' I wouldn't know a pasodoble if it beat me with a rake. Beat
- Madonna was so flamboyant in terms of her look, her style, her public pronouncements, her religious taboo-smashing. Flamboyant
- One nice thing about growing up Catholic is it makes you open-minded about other people's religions, since ours is nuttier than yours. Catholic
- Thank you for the music, Sleater-Kinney. This gang of three was the best American punk rock band ever. Ever. American
- Thanks to the greatest invention of recent years, the MP3-playing alarm clock, I can now choose the song that wakes me up in the morning. Alarm
- We all get as miserable as Erika M. Andersen sometimes, but we rarely approach her musical-ideas-per-miserable-minute ratio. All
- You can't beat the beehive for glam punkette attitude. Attitude
- But MTV relishes its vestigial role as a star maker, so every year it puts all its clout into making the VMAs the biggest, splashiest,… All
- One of the best moments of any Liars show is hearing the crowd squawk 'We're doomed! We're doomed!' on cue during 'We Fenced Other Houses… Along
- 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 know her rat-tail… All
- 'American Horror' goes for a very specific kind of Seventies suburban downer ambience - 'Flowers in the Attic' paperbacks, Black Sabbath album covers and late-night… Album
- Anyone watching '30 Rock' always knew Tina Fey was playing a fictionalized version of herself, a workaholic comedy writer who also plays one on TV.… Always Knew
- At an incredibly divisive point in pop history, Donna Summer managed to create an undeniable across-the-board experience of mass pleasure - after 'Bad Girls,' nobody… Across
- Baseball's Opening Day is full of time-honored traditions: the President throws out the first ball, the Cubs' starting pitcher walks away with a 54.00 ERA,… Ball
- Being a pop fan is a lot like Catholic devotion - lots of ritual, lots of ceremony... We touch the icon to enter the sacred… Agonies