« Well, I think I’ve come to the conclusion that I feel pretty out of control in my life. Stores play music to get me to buy more. Work tells me what to do and when. Traffic decides how quickly I get from here to here. Even being in public places forces me to endure other people and their habits (the guy slurping his soup, the brat crying for candy). (..) I am really tired of living on someone else’s schedule. The MP3 digital revolution has given me some control back. »

Bull, Michael (2005), No Dead Air! The iPod and the Culture of Mobile Listenin, in: Leisure Studies, Vol. 24 (4), pp. 335-443