Rob Sheffield Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“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.”

“Madonna was so flamboyant in terms of her look, her style, her public pronouncements, her religious taboo-smashing.”

“It's kind of amazing how popular 'Grey's Anatomy' is. What other show can boast such an annoyingly sincere cast of doctors, sniveling through such perfunctory love triangles?”

“Celebrity despicability is a precious thing.”

“'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 8 years to start liking it.”

“Like most fans of 'So You Think You Can Dance,' I wouldn't know a pasodoble if it beat me with a rake.”

“One nice thing about growing up Catholic is it makes you open-minded about other people's religions, since ours is nuttier than yours.”

“One of the billions of things I love about Beyonce: The harder she tries to come on crazy, the less crazy she sounds.”

“Thank you for the music, Sleater-Kinney. This gang of three was the best American punk rock band ever. Ever.”

“Just as Bowie, Zeppelin, etc., became rock stars by remaking themselves in the image of the California girls, the Go-Gos became rock stars by pretending to be the Buzzcocks and the Sex Pistols. Jane Wiedlin always said her biggest influence was growing up in L.A. as a Bowie girl.”