Even though they may not have seemed so at the time, events in the past seem to take on a "golden" glow, perhaps most of it nostalgia for times gone by? That's so for me, anyway.

Regarding the second quote, isn't it said that "Silence is golden"? :>)

Often the "good old times" are not as good or golden when you really look back; you tend to forget the bad things from the same time, at least I do.

Of course it is nostalgia, but I think everyone has had some personal moments, impressions and insights that stand out, they were perhaps pivot points in a life and, looking back, were golden. So was time spent with some individuals long gone from one's life, but the time spent was golden.

The second quote is so true, I like Pandora Radio and I like to play my
CD's, but not on a constant level all the time, it is hearing and not listening and turns to sort of a Muzak.