“I believe that when you’re making a mix, you’re making history.” — Rob Sheffield History 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 Copy Share Image
'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… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
Most of an award-show host's job is showing up and keeping a cool head and soldiering through it, whether it's the Oscars… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“The radio tape puts you right back in the original time and place when you first heard the songs. You are there,… — Rob Sheffield Original 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
One of Renee's friends asked her, "Does your boyfriend wear glasses?" She said, "No, he wears a Walkman. — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“They’re never technically tapes, but they’re always called mix tapes anyway, just because tapes are always cool.” — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
People who wave digital cameras at shows are the same people who sit in front of you at hockey games and wear… — Rob Sheffield Cameras Copy Share Image
“Just more of that endless, useless knowledge you absorb when you're in a relationship, with no meaning or relevance outside of that… — Rob Sheffield Knowledge Copy Share Image
One of the best moments of any Liars show is hearing the crowd squawk 'We're doomed! We're doomed!' on cue during 'We… — Rob Sheffield Audience Copy Share Image
Rebecca Black might sing like a robot, but that's just proof she has evolved beyond us. Her vocal is just a slightly… — Rob Sheffield 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
Anyone watching '30 Rock' always knew Tina Fey was playing a fictionalized version of herself, a workaholic comedy writer who also plays… — Rob Sheffield Boss Copy Share Image
“….For instance, I hated Pearl Jam at the time. I thought they were pompous blowhards. Now, whenever a Pearl Jam song comes… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
You can hear the Celtic heartbeat all over Europe and America, from Bing Crosby to Jack White, from the Smiths to My… — Rob Sheffield America Copy Share Image
It goes without saying that 'Buncha Losers' comedies speak to tough times. The massive unemployment of the Reagan years gave us 'Taxi,'… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“What I get out of karaoke is a little weirder than mere musical competence. It's a love ritual that keeps me coming… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“The things that bring couples together will always terrify me more than the things that tear us apart. They will always be… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“No worries" is the best thing to happen to sullen teenagers since I was one - even better than vampire sexting, GTL,… — Rob Sheffield Fear Copy Share Image
“I believe that when you’re making a mix, you’re making history. You ransack the vaults, you haul off all the junk you… — Rob Sheffield Art Copy Share Image
If all music did was bring the past alive, that would be fine. You can hide away in music and let it… — Rob Sheffield Alive 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
“That’s why I never married. Marriage is lonely, but it ain’t private.” That was always my most intense fear about getting married:… — Rob Sheffield Getting married Copy Share Image
“i’m very expressive. i deserve to feel pretty. i kissed the blarney stone. i am strong. i am brave. im a good… — Rob Sheffield Children Copy Share Image
Every moment of my life has a soundtrack, so I never know when some song is going to jump me by surprise… — Rob Sheffield Alive 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 Country Copy Share Image
Morrissey was my Mrs. Garrett, the house mother from the Facts of Life, a soothing adult figure giving me words of wisdom. — Rob Sheffield Adults Copy Share Image
Our amour fou with 'The Sopranos' is headed for long-term parking, like so many of its most memorable characters. We'll never see… — Rob Sheffield Amour Copy Share Image
Sometimes great tunes happen to bad times, and when the bad time is over, not all the tunes get to move on… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
...some people aren't worth the trouble of being kind to, because they have neither the brains nor the power to make something… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
I was totally clueless about social interaction, and completely scared of girls. All I knew was that music was going to make… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
Donna Summer would be remembered as a ground-breaking artist today even if she'd retired the day after she recorded 'I Feel Love'… — Rob Sheffield Art Copy Share Image
'I'll Tumble 4 Ya' has to be one of the most ridiculous hit singles that any international superstars have given the world. — Rob Sheffield 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 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
“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
