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 day all summer. But I loved the cassock and surplice, ringing the bells, lighting the candles - it was like being a glamrock roadie for God. Rob Sheffield More Quotes by Rob Sheffield More Quotes From Rob Sheffield It takes only one bad amp to turn your ears to oatmeal: That's how old hippies became Yanni fans. Rob Sheffield oatmeal fans hippie 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 new sounds. Rob Sheffield rolling band sound Like most fans of 'So You Think You Can Dance,' I wouldn't know a pasodoble if it beat me with a rake. Rob Sheffield dance inspirational thinking Thank you for the music, Sleater-Kinney. This gang of three was the best American punk rock band ever. Ever. Rob Sheffield rocks three thank-you One nice thing about growing up Catholic is it makes you open-minded about other people's religions, since ours is nuttier than yours. Rob Sheffield growing-up nice people 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, loudest show-biz extravaganza of the year, honoring all this music for existing, after a year of paying barely any attention to it. Rob Sheffield mtv stars years You can't beat the beehive for glam punkette attitude. Rob Sheffield glam beats attitude We all get as miserable as Erika M. Andersen sometimes, but we rarely approach her musical-ideas-per-miserable-minute ratio. Rob Sheffield ratios musical ideas 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. Rob Sheffield mp3 song morning 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. Rob Sheffield girl song cute 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. Rob Sheffield clueless falling-in-love girl The hungry feeling and the lonely feeling merged until it was hard to tell them apart. Rob Sheffield hungry lonely feelings I realize that I will never fully understand the millions of bizarre ways that music brings people together. Rob Sheffield together people way A song nobody likes is a sad thing. But a love song nobody likes is hardly a thing at all. Rob Sheffield sad-things likes song 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 plenty of pain to go around. Rob Sheffield competition pain different I didn't know what I was. I didn't have a noun. Rob Sheffield nouns knows I had no voice to talk with because she was my whole language. Rob Sheffield voice language whole Big Star invented a vision of bohemian rock & roll cool that had nothing to do with New York, Los Angeles or London, which made them completely out of style in the 1970s, but also made them an inspiration to generations of weird Southern kids. Rob Sheffield stars inspiration new-york 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 Walkman. Rob Sheffield incidents romance world One of Renee's friends asked her, "Does your boyfriend wear glasses?" She said, "No, he wears a Walkman. Rob Sheffield your-boyfriend glasses doe
