“There are times when we need the rocket fuel of singing and dancing to power us through an act of blind faith. Falling in love is one of those times, when we need to move into a phase of enchantment with enough force so that when things cool and the air clears, we are locked into that person, that love. We fall in love and we sing as we walk down the street; we turn up the music and dance.”

“We reveal something of our nature when we sing, something that can be disguised in our speaking voice.”

“Why did girls never play air guitar? Did we sing along because singing was what girls did or was it that girls only sang because they didn't play air guitar? These are not questions I asked myself at the time. I was pushing away such complications.”

“The greatest act of love was to make a tape for someone. It was the only way we could share music and it was also a way of advertising yourself.”

“Being a woman seemed to mean listening to the music boys liked and neither dancing nor singing along.”

“I got to know [teen music] as we absorb music in passing but can remember only its seriousness and weight.”

“[My mother] believed we could each change the world, but what convinced me this was possible was music.”