Tonight, I feel like my whole body is made out of memories. I'm a mix-tape, a cassette that's been rewound so… — Rob Sheffield

I'd shut the whole world down just to tell you.

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.

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