“Like a word on a page that youve printed and read a million times, that suddenly looks strange or wrong, foreign. And you feel scared for a second, like youve lost something, even if youre not sure...”

“I'd still thought that everything I thought about that night-the shame, the fear-would fade in time. But that hadn't happened. Instead, the things that I remembered, these little details, seemed to...”

“She knew I could tell with one glance, one look, one simple instant. It was her eyes. Despite the thick makeup, they were still dark-rimmed., haunted, and sad. Most of all though, they were familia...”

“Plus theres the fact, he went on, making it clear he didnt need me to reply anyway, that music is a total constant. Thats why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a so...”

“Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common.”

“a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in you or the world, that one song stays the same, just like that moment. Which is pret...”

“Because you have to just go with the flow. Your life is not your own, with people coming in and out all the time. You get mellow because you have to.”

“I remembered Owen telling me how music had saved him in Phoenix, that it drowned everything out, and it was the same for me now. As long as I had something to listen to, I could blur the things I d...”

“Silence is so freaking loud”

“Somtimes silence can be the loudest thing.”

“Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud.”