It was bewildering and humbling to keep discovering how many brave things people can fail to talk themselves out of doing.

Monogamous musicians are like vegan hockey players.

The times you lived through, the people you shared those times with — nothing brings it all to life like an old mix tape. It does a better job of storing up memories than actual brain tissue can do. Every mix tape tells a story. Put them together, and they can add up to the story of a life.

If the girls keep dancing, everybody's happy. If the girls don't dance, nobody's happy.

A song nobody likes is a sad thing. But a love song nobody likes is hardly a thing at all.

It takes only one bad amp to turn your ears to oatmeal: That's how old hippies became Yanni fans.

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.