Sounds Like Love

by Ashley Poston

And I don’t care about making it big—I just want to make it. I’d rather be ten people’s favorite thing than a hundred people’s tenth-favorite thing.”

I guess I could have talked with my parents about my feelings, but they weren’t the type. They were Olympic-level champions of ignoring things.

In that moment, I realized that music could be everything. It was the feeling of existing, dancing, reveling in the pouring rain. It was magic.

If you spend your entire life comparing everything to the best thing you ever made, then you aren’t gonna find joy in any of it. You’ll just be unhappy that they aren’t like the original thing, you know?”

“Have you ever had a piniwi margarita on a barge held together by duct tape and prayers?”

“I’d rather be alone than surrounded by people who just want something from me.”