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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. Selection, order, the lettering you used for the track list, how much

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. Selection, order, the lettering you used for the track list, how much technical detail you went into, whether or not you added artwork or offered only artwork and no track list at all, these choices were as codified as a Victorian bouquet.

Lavinia Greenlaw
Order, Track, Choices
Lavinia Greenlaw (2015). “The Importance of Music to Girls”, p.140, Faber & Faber

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

Lavinia Greenlaw
Voice
Lavinia Greenlaw (2015). “The Importance of Music to Girls”, p.11, Faber & Faber

If I had not kissed anyone, or danced with anyone, or had a reason to cry, the music made me feel as if I had gone through all that anyway.

Lavinia Greenlaw
Gone, Cry, Reason
Lavinia Greenlaw (2015). “The Importance of Music to Girls”, p.75, Faber & Faber

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