It was bewildering and humbling to keep discovering how many brave things people can fail to talk themselves out of doing. Rob Sheffield More Quotes by Rob Sheffield More Quotes From Rob Sheffield Rock stars did not invent burning out. They just do it louder. Rob Sheffield burning rocks stars Singing what's in your heart? Naming the things you love and loathe? You can get hurt that way. Hell, you will get hurt that way. But you'll get hurt trying to hide away in all that silence and leave your life unsung. There's no future without tears. Are you really setting your hopes on not getting hurt at all? You think that's an option? You clearly aren't listening to enough Morrissey songs. Rob Sheffield hurt heart song 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 is true. What doesn’t kill you maims you, cripples you, leaves you weak, makes you whiny and full of yourself at the same time. The more pain, the more pompous you get. Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you incredibly annoying. Rob Sheffield pain opposites loss 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 it worked, since the first time I played badminton was like the first time I tasted sushi or heard the Beatles or read Wordsworth. This was a sport? This counted for gym requirements? Rob Sheffield sports wrestling school 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 hitch in my git-a-long. Rob Sheffield falling-in-love pieces long Like any teenager who reads The Great Gatsby, probably, I was madly in love with the teacher who had opened it up for me. Rob Sheffield madly-in-love teenager teacher Morrissey was my Mrs. Garrett, the house mother from the Facts of Life, a soothing adult figure giving me words of wisdom. Rob Sheffield mother house giving 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 to the cold. Except after you've been out there for awhile, you feel the warmth draining out of you and you realize the opposite is happening; you're getting colder and colder, as the body heat you brought outside with you seeps out of your skin. Instead of getting used to it, you get weaker the longer you endure it. Rob Sheffield grief winter night 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 together. With every year we spent together, I became more conscious that I now had an infinitely expanding number of reasons to be afraid. I had something to lose. Rob Sheffield together numbers years 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 a lot about whether she was good enough. It was surprising to see how relieved she seemed whenever I told her how amazing she was. I wanted her to feel strong and free. She was beautiful when she was free. Rob Sheffield strong college beautiful Monogamous musicians are like vegan hockey players. Rob Sheffield hockey musician player 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 ever known. Rob Sheffield orange color trying Sometimes great tunes happen to bad times, and when the bad time is over, not all the tunes get to move on with you. Rob Sheffield tunes sometimes moving 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 girl worship, you could turn into a husband. So Paul was a lot scarier. Rob Sheffield worship-you husband 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. Rob Sheffield connections romance two Girls take up a lot of room. I had a lot of room for this one. Rob Sheffield girl rooms 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 that warps you in drastic and probably irreversible ways you won't get to take stock of until its too late Rob Sheffield touching home lying 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 summer home kids Every mix tape tells a story. Put them together, and they add up to the story of life. Rob Sheffield tape together add Nothing connects to the moment like music. I count the music to bring me back, or more precisely, to bring her forward. Rob Sheffield moments
