"Making a mixtape is the opposite of indifferent. It’s heartfelt, purposeful—often a subtle form of flirtation. And it’s downright embarrassing if these collections aren’t treasured or at least paid a little mind, because the mixtape is a way of making yourself known, an interpersonal form of show business, of making news, of replicating sounds and words you find important. It’s like poetry because poetry is what you can’t say in any other way. At its most essential level, a mixtape is a way of getting through."
