Rob Sheffield, Love Is A Mix Tape Quotes
When we die, we will turn into songs, and we will hear each other and remember each other.
Our lives were just beginning, our favorite moment was right now, our favorite songs were unwritten.
There are all kinds of mix tapes. there is always a reason to make one.
One of Renee's friends asked her, "Does your boyfriend wear glasses?" She said, "No, he wears a Walkman.
A song nobody likes is a sad thing. But a love song nobody likes is hardly a thing at all.
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 love with me.
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 live out this moment in real life.
It was bewildering and humbling to keep discovering how many brave things people can fail to talk themselves out of doing.
And being a husband made me helpless, because I had somebody to protect (somebody a little high-strung, who had a tough time emotionally with things like the lights going out indefinitely).
The songs were all either fast or sad. Because all songs should be either fast or sad.
I had no voice to talk with because she was my whole language. Without her to talk to, there was nothing to say.
