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“The more you love music, the more music you love.”
― Tom Moon, 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die

“That’s how music works. It can take your blues, dust them in a wicked mojo, sneak them to that crossroads where the Devil hangs out, and swap them for a veggie burrito made by a blissed-out Deadhead in a parking lot. This might not be exactly what you ordered, but it might inspire you all the same.”
― Tom Moon, 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List

“idea of this book years before I did. She was curious about the music I discovered, and able to translate my runaway enthusiasm into understandable English. More significantly, she maintained, throughout, a clear sense of the book’s mission and its “tone”—when she wasn’t buying an”
― Tom Moon, 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List

“Anthony DeCurtis came on board as a line editor and right away the project hit another level; his input snapped my sometimes flabby prose into shape, and his insights made every entry better. Recently we did a bit of mental math and realized he’d been editing me at Rolling Stone”
― Tom Moon, 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List