Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. Time goes on and people keep playing music.
“The story grew, got way bigger than the contest rules called for, and next thing I knew I had a book.”
“In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled a fire in every mariner's heart. That fire was the harbinger of a new era, for it was not to be extinguished.”