"I'm fed up with (confessional singer-songwriters). I have enough people telling me their feelings. " Suzanne Vega, singer-songwriter
"I don't remember there being an age limit when I started. That shalt not go beyond 59? F*** that. The only thing that will stop me is if I become physically unable. But what is there in retirement that could possibly be better than what I've got?" Lemmy Caution, Motorhead, 61. And 32 years on the road
"Wembley is shit. Everyone is so far away, you can't see anything." Roger Taylor, drummer, Queen and other bands
"Y'know, if they take all this away from me tomorrow, they take it away. And that'll be fine. I'll be a hairdresser. Which is what I always wanted to be anyway." Beth Ditto, punk leader singer with Gossip