Like any teenager who reads The Great Gatsby, probably, I was madly in love with the teacher who had opened it up for me.

Rock stars did not invent burning out. They just do it louder.

Girls take up a lot of room. I had a lot of room for this one.

I will always love the Clash, because I loved them so much when I was fourteen, and I love how you can start a conversation with almost literally any dude about the Clash.

At an incredibly divisive point in pop history, Donna Summer managed to create an undeniable across-the-board experience of mass pleasure - after 'Bad Girls,' nobody ever tried claiming disco sucked again. It set the template for what Michael Jackson would do a few months later with 'Off The Wall.'

You can hear the Celtic heartbeat all over Europe and America, from Bing Crosby to Jack White, from the Smiths to My Bloody Valentine, from House of Pain to Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch.

When you stick a song on a tape, you set it free.