All Rob Sheffield Quotes
- When you stick a song on a tape, you set it free. Free
- Unlike me, Renee was not shy; she was a real people-pleaser. She worried way too much what people thought of her, wore her heart on… Always Surprised
- The Word 'Repulse': I hate this word. I believe 'repel' is a perfectly good word, and 'repulsion' is the noun, as well as the title… Believe
- It's always that one song that gets to you. You can hide, but the song comes to find you. Find
- I realize that I will never fully understand the millions of bizarre ways that music brings people together. Bizarre
- But the answer is simple. Love is a mix tape. Answer
- One of Renee's friends asked her, "Does your boyfriend wear glasses?" She said, "No, he wears a Walkman. Asked
- It’s the same with people who say, ‘Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.’ Even people who say this must realize that the exact opposite… Annoying
- The hungry feeling and the lonely feeling merged until it was hard to tell them apart. Apart
- Our lives were just beginning, our favorite moment was right now, our favorite songs were unwritten. Beginning
- You know the Prince song where the girl's phone rings but she tells him, "whoever's calling couldn't be as cute as you?" I long to… Calling
- I had no voice to talk with because she was my whole language. Inspirational
- I didn't know what I was. I didn't have a noun. Funny
- Love dies in many different ways, and it's natural for the grass to seem greener on the other side. But it's not a competition; there's… Competition
- A song nobody likes is a sad thing. But a love song nobody likes is hardly a thing at all. All
- I get sentimental over the music of the ’90s. Deplorable, really. But I love it all. As far as I’m concerned the ’90s was the… All
- The times you lived through, the people you shared those times with — nothing brings it all to life like an old mix tape. It… Actual
- I was totally clueless about social interaction, and completely scared of girls. All I knew was that music was going to make girls fall in… All
- It was bewildering and humbling to keep discovering how many brave things people can fail to talk themselves out of doing. Bewildering
- Falling in love with Renee was not the kind of thing you walk away from in one piece. I had no chance. She put a… Chance