Quotations for February 2008
"Whenever you're feeling low, have a little bit of chocolate. I think people need to stop worrying about being skinny and things like that."

Joss Stone, English soul singer

Quotations for January 2008
"We never read what critics write about us. Never. Anyone who does that suddenly hears a lot of strange voices in his head. And there are plenty of those buzzing around in my head already. "
Thom Yorke, Radiohead

Quotations for November 2007
"I don't know why we are selling everything as I want it all. Sharon tells me that we have to, otherwise our house will f****** explode."

Rock singer Ozzy Osbourne commenting on the forthcoming sale of the contents of the Osbourne homes to raise money for his wife Sharon's cancer charity.

Quotations for October 2007
Sean Penn is a Hollywood star who doesn't believe in Hollywood. 'It's not a real thing,' he says. 'I don't live in Hollywood, I never even talk to anybody from Hollywood.'
Sean Penn, American actor and political activist

Quotations for September 2007
"That first flush of fame is like being put in a spin dryer. It is like everything and nothing you ever wanted. Very few performers are in control of their career."
    Glen Tilbrook, musician (The Squeeze)

Quotations for August 2007
I don't see the point of drinking unless you end up dancing and letting go..... lots of drink, bit of dancing, bit of slapstick... is good! Thing is, you can't do that, that often. Twice a month would be good... but I can't wait, I think, fuck it!'
   Bjork eccentric Icelandic singer

Quotations for July 2007
"I'm fed up with (confessional singer-songwriters). I have enough people telling me their feelings. "
Suzanne Vega, singer-songwriter.

Quotations for June 2007
'I wouldn't pay them a penny. Who would go to a firm like that again to ask them to do that work? I mean, this is a pretty basic thing.'
   Ken Livingstone, London Mayor  on the city's 2012 logo

Quotations for May 2007
“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.

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Quotations for April 2007
"Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself create the taste by which he is to be relished."
    William Wordsworth, Poet  (1770-1850), still relevant today

Quotations for March 2007
"We have so much information on our heroes that they can't be our heroes any more. They can't live in that other stratosphere. And rock stars are complicit. They blog."
Nick Cave, singer-songwriter

Quotations for February 2007
"I'm no good at parties and I f***ing hate fancy dress. I always hide in the corner and then disappear out of the back door."
Lee Evans, comedian

Quotations for January 2007
"I love The West Wing. I love the rushing about. This plays to my need to believe that, whether we work in government or soft furnishings, if we take energetic action we can alter the course of events."
     David Hepworth, Journalist in "The Word" magazine, January 2007

Quotations for December 2006
"I'm so spoiled by newness that I may have to shop every day for the rest of my life."
       Jessica Simpson, Singer

Quotations for November 2006
"I admit I may have contributed to the decline of courtesy in public life."
       David Starkie, Historian

Quotations for October 2006
"I find beauty in the male animal all the time. I like cops, construction workers, blue collar types. I like a man in a uniform".
     Juliette Lewis, actress and singer