All Rob Sheffield Quotes
- 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
- Tonight, I feel like my whole body is made out of memories. I'm a mix-tape, a cassette that's been rewound so many times you can… Been
- Nothing connects to the moment like music. I count the music to bring me back, or more precisely, to bring her forward. Bring
- Every mix tape tells a story. Put them together, and they add up to the story of life. Add
- I was the only kid at Camp Don Bosco who would admit he was an alter boy back home, so I served two masses a… Admit
- Somtimes you lie in a strange room, in a strange person's home, and you feel yourself bending out of shape. Melting, touching something hot, something… Bending
- Girls take up a lot of room. I had a lot of room for this one. Girl
- But the rhythm of the mix tape is the rhythm of romance, the analog hum of a physical connection between two sloppy, human bodies. Analog
- The Stones suggested that if you dabble in decadence, you could turn into a devil-worshipping junkie. Paul McCartney suggested that if you mess around with… Dabble
- Sometimes great tunes happen to bad times, and when the bad time is over, not all the tunes get to move on with you. All
- It was like trying to break up with the color orange, or Wednesday, or silent e. It was the most passionate and tumultuous relationship I'd… Break
- But bringing people together is what music has always done best. Always Done
- Monogamous musicians are like vegan hockey players. Hockey
- When I was a junior, my school introduced badminton, which was clearly a P.E. department ploy to get me away from the wrestling room, and… Badminton
- She was the first person on either side of her family to go to college, and she held herself to insanely high standards. She worried… Amazing
- Not being able to protect her from things was the most frightening thing I'd ever felt, and it kicked in as soon as we got… Able
- The way I pictured it, all this grief would be like a winter night when you're standing outside. You'll warm up once you get used… All
- Morrissey was my Mrs. Garrett, the house mother from the Facts of Life, a soothing adult figure giving me words of wisdom. Adult
- Like any teenager who reads The Great Gatsby, probably, I was madly in love with the teacher who had opened it up for me. Any
- ...some people aren't worth the trouble of being kind to, because they have neither the brains nor the power to make something for themselves out… Brain
- In my headphones, I led a life of romance and incident and intrigue, none of which had anything to do with the world outside my… Headphones