“A memory is a curse. Good health, bad memory that’s about as happy as you’re going to fucking get.” Phil Spector, record producer.
"I’m trying to find out why I’m not on the list. It’s not as if I’d be busy off-roading in my Range Rover”. K.T. Tunstall, singer-songwriter, seeking to join Al Gore’s environmental campaign.
"The one thing I've always had going for me was people's low expectations. Nobody ever expects a whole hell of a lot from me." Chris Isaak, singer-songwriter-actor.
"Look, I'm a meat-eater, this isn't gonna work. You're meant to save the world, I'm meant to use up its resources callously. What we're trying here is just impossible." Drew Carey, American comedian, on dating vegetarians
"Once you have the wisdom of 60plus years, you recognise that men, animals and children all fall into thesame bracket - they're bloody annoying and not worth the effort." Female, anon.
"I've always liked to think that I could do anything I wished as well - if not better than - a man. But I wasn't very good at rally driving. I have to admit I didn't have the balls for it" Jo Brand, female comedienne.
Yeah, Well
A Kosovan family have named their son Tonibler Dajaku in honour of British Prime Minister Tony Blair. His family credit the outgoing Prime Minister with freeing them from Serbian aggression. Tonibler's mother Ajnishahe said, "We wanted to name our son after Mr Blair because he saved us."