February 6, 2009
Stephenie Meyer Apologizes to Twilight Actor Rob Pattinson
"I apologized to Rob for ruining his life."
-Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight series, talking about the firestorm of response to the announcement that actor Rob Pattinson would play the role of the handsome, brooding vampire Edward in the Twilight movie. (Entertainment Weekly, Nov. 14, 2008)
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June 3, 2008
Switchfoot's Jon Foreman on Celebrity
"I see the gospel as the antithesis of what happens on stage. We have it all wrong in a lot of respects where we interview the people who are up on stage when I truly believe that what happens off stage is more important."
–Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman (Christian Music Today, Nov. 27, 2006)
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March 14, 2006
Natalie Portman is Mickey Mouse
“In a celebrity-obsessed culture, it’s interesting to be a celebrity. You get to see what and why and how people care about it. Being a celebrity... it’s basically being treated like a thing, like you’re Mickey Mouse.”
-Actress Natalie Portman (Blender, Nov. 2005)
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July 27, 2005
Relient K's Matt Thiessen Changing One Life at a Time
"A lot of times people misconstrue [success] with how much money you make and what kind of job you're going to get. I think those things pale compared to other stuff. I think [success] is when you get an e-mail or you talk to someone and you find out that your music has changed someone or impacted them in a really serious way. All the success that the world could give you doesn't matter compared to one person's life being changed."
-Matt Thiessen, front man for the pop-punk band Relient K, who has seen major mainstream success with their latest album, Mmhmm. (P2P Ezine)
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June 3, 2005
Coldplay's Chris Martin on Celebrity Death
"Yeah, you can't win on your third album. You're f-cked. I knew we should have stopped. Or someone should have shot me. I think that's the best thing that could have happened to us, if someone shot me in the head. Death is guaranteed to make your last work seem good, you know?"
-Chris Martin, front man for Coldplay, who release their X&Y album next week. (Source: Entertainment Weekly, May 27 2005)
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April 25, 2005
Michelle Trachtenberg on Ice
"I was not a skater. I had masseuses, coaches, sports doctors, trainers, nutritionists, choreographers. I was like a rapper on skates with my 20-person entourage."
-Actress Michelle Trachtenberg who recently starred in Ice Princess (and played Dawn on Buffy the Vampire Slayer). (Entertainment Weekly, March 25, 2005)
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Simple Plan's Pierre Bouvier on Sex
"It doesn't matter how ugly you areyou can get laid as long as you're in a band."
-Simple Plan frontman Pierre Bouvier (Entertainment Weekly, March 25, 2005)
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March 17, 2005
Donald Miller on Women Falling at his Feet
Q: What do you do with all the women who fall at your feet now that you're famous?
A: "Well, they don't exactly fall at my feet, but if they did, I suppose I would help them up or something. God knows I have fallen down in public, and that's just embarrassing."
-Writer Donald Miller author of Blue Like Jazz and Searching for God Knows What. (Source: Relevant Magazine, March/April 2005)
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Donald Miller on Success
"There are now hundreds of people who I would love to know more, but simply can't. It isn't possible. And it is also something of a shock. Anybody who knows me knows there isn't a whole lot of difference between me and the guy who delivers the mail or collects shopping carts at the grocery store. So the idea that this has happened to me is somewhat laughable. But I want to have fun with it, because I know it is temporary."
-Writer Donald Miller author of Blue Like Jazz and Searching for God Knows What. (Source: Relevant Magazine, March/April 2005)
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Win Butler of Arcade Fire on Hype
"There is really not much to deal with, except to try and play bigger shows and make it so this is our main job, instead of being distracted by other crap. That certain people are gonna get sick of hearing about us and will 'backlash' because of our 'hype' is perhaps the most predictable thing that could happen."
-Win Butler of the band Arcade Fire, currently the buzz band for their Funeral album. (Source: Relevant Magazine, March/April 2005)
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Why Wyclef Jean Gives Back
"It comes from the upbringing where your parents tell you over and over 'vanity, vanity, all is vanity' and 'you can't take it with you.' In that upbringing, when they tell you that, you get the message. It makes no sense for me to be in this position and not do something about it."
-Wyclef Jean who wrote and recorded the award winning song "Million Voices" in three days for the Hotel Rwanda soundtrack, on why he feels compelled to give back to his community in New York and Haiti. (Source: Relevant Magazine, March/April 2005)
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February 12, 2005
Paris Hilton Drives
Ive driven on the street at 140 miles an hour when no ones around. Dont worry, Ive never had an accident. I took classes in Monaco with racing carsreal ones. I love fast cars. I always get pulled over. I never get tickets though. They ask me for an autograph or they ask me on a date. I have so many [business] cards from cops.
-Paris Hilton (Seventeen, March 2005)
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December 13, 2004
Amber Tamblyn on Selling Out
If Im going to sell out, even for a moment, to get something for my career, is the outcome really worth it? And its hard, because stuff can be handed to you and everyone can be like, Oh its fine, its easy for you, just do it and it wont be that big of deal.And, well, maybe its a big deal to me. Everyone talks about staying grounded when you become famous, and part of staying grounded is listening to that void inside your head and not compromising.
-Amber Tamblyn from the TV show Joan of Arcadia (Source: CosmoGirl, Dec 2004/Jan 2005)
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September 21, 2004
Amy Lee of Evanescence on Cracker-box Idols
"My little sister was really getting into these, I don't want to offend anyone, but like really fake, cheesy, slutty female cracker-box idols, and it really pissed me off. She started dressing like them and she was like 8 years old. So I gave her the talk and I wrote a song. ... It's kind of about exposing that it's fake. And the video's more along the lines of exposing the real behind-the-scenes [lives] of some of these people. It's basically showing the glamorous lifestyle and the depressed, selfish misery behind it. It's like beating a dead horse at this point, but at the time Britney Spears was just coming out. But I still think it's relevant."
-Amy Lee of Evanescence, talking about the song "Everybody's Fool" from their album Fallen. (Source: MTV.com, June 10, 2004)
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August 31, 2004
Simple Plan's Pierre Bouvier on Fame
"When you have a band and you have some MTV airplay and you get played on the radio, people automatically think you're loadedwhich is so not trueand you're happy. The richest people in the world are probably the most screwed up in the head. Being in a successful band or having a little money doesn't bring you anything more than what it is. We have our issues like everybody else. The song says, 'Take a look inside, it's not so beautiful for everybody.'"
-Pierre Bouvier, singer for the Canadian pop-punk outfit Simple Plan, talking about the song "Welcome to my Life," the first single from their Still Not Getting Any album. Other Simple Plan CDs include No Pads, No Helmets... Just Balls and Live in Japan. (Source: MTV.com, August 30, 2004)
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May 21, 2004
Bethany Dillon on Jesus
"I don't want to promote myself; I want to promote Jesus."
-15-year-old newcomer to Christian music Bethany Dillon, who recently released her debut album, Enhanced. (Source: CCM, May 2004)
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Patricia Heaton on Hollywood
"This business tests you constantly: the materialism, the pride, the ambition. Paul says, 'I have died to myself and its no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.' We're supposed to 'die to ourselves' -- and I'm paying a publicist $3,000 a month to make sure everybody knows who I am?"
-Actress Patricia Heaton, star of Everybody Loves Raymond. (Source: People, April 5, 2004)
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January 23, 2004
Bono Swears
"I swear I won't swear ... You can always cause a stir with an expletive and it's not something that I'm conscious of. If you use them in your everyday speech, sometimes they will come out. I don't mean to offend anyone."
-U2's Bono, insisting that he won't use profanity if he wins a Golden Globe this year, as he did last year exclaiming, "F-cking brilliant!" on live TV. (Source: CNN.com, Jan. 23, 2004)
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November 12, 2003
Mandy Moore on Success
"I don't really care whether or not my new album is a hit. OK, I know that sounds crazy, but here's what I mean: My new album, Coverage, is the first album I've done that I'm completely in love with, and that's what's important to me -- not selling 5 million copies and becoming a huge celebrity."
-Mandy Moore. (Source: Teen People, November 2003)
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Britney Spears Not a Sex Object
"The record label wanted me to do certain kinds of songs, and I was like, 'Look, if you want me to be some kind of sex thing, that's not me. I will never do that. I'm still doing what I love to do."
-Britney Spears, telling Esquire magazine that she's not a sex object, despite the revealing Esquire photoshoot, which Spears later expressed regret over. All the naked hype is part of In the Zone, the new Spears album that releases next week. (Source: MSNBC, October 9, 2003)
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November 10, 2003
Britney Spears Over-Exposed
"I did feel kind of weird after those photos. I was in a moment. I had, like, eight Red Bulls and said, 'OK, let's do it.' I learned my lesson and you won't see me like that for a while. I'm kinda over it myself. Not that it's dirty or tacky, but it is really revealing and I wouldn't want my kid, at 21, to be dressing like that."
-Britney Spears, expressing regret over a revealing Esquire photoshoot, despite a later Q magazine cover that's just as revealing. All the naked hype is part of In the Zone, the new Spears album that releases next week. (Source: Newsweek, November 3, 2003)
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October 29, 2003
P.O.D.'s Sonny Sandoval on Success
"This whole success and this whole thing of being in a band, for me it's just a blessing. I never want it to change me. But it's almost like everyone around me changes. They expect you to roll in a Mercedes Benz. They want you to be this rock star."
-Sonny Sandoval, lead singer of P.O.D. Recent P.O.D. albums include Payable on Death, Satellite, The Fundamental Elements of Southtown, The Warriors EP, Brown and Snuff the Punk. The Still Payin' Dues DVD is also available. (Source: Relevant, November/December 2003)
Other P.O.D. Quotables:
Sonny Sandoval on Rock Bottom
Wuv on Positive Music
Sonny Sandoval on Marcos Curiel
Sonny Sandoval on Sharing Faith
Jason Truby on Shaping Lives
Traa Daniels on Being Inspiring
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October 24, 2003
Clay Aiken on Cookie-cutter Pop Stars
"I don't know why people relate to me, but my guess is that they're tired of beautiful, cookie-cutter pop stars. They don't believe them, and they don't trust them."
-American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken, who recently released his debut album, Measure of a Man. (Source: Time, October 13, 2003)
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October 7, 2003
Thrice's Dustin Kensrue on Celebrity
"It's pretty awesome. A lot of people throw underwear at bands, but our kids bring us books."
-Dustin Kensrue, singer/guitarist for Thrice, who just released their Island records debut, Artist in the Ambulance. (Source: Alternative Press, November 2003)
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September 25, 2003
Hilary Duff on Real Role Models
"I want to encourage kids ... to look up to people who have changed the world. We've never changed the world. Look at astronauts or doctors or Nelson Mandela."
-Hilary Duff, who played Lizzie McGuire and recently released her first CD, Metamorphosis. (Source: Teen People, October 2003)
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September 23, 2003
Bob Hartman on the Grammy's
"They make great bookends. I was happy to get the fourth one."
-Petra guitarist Bob Hartman, on Grammy Awards. While Petra has won four Grammy's, they admit that those who vote for the Grammy Awards don't know much about Christian music, so the awards are more a result of name recognition. Petra recently released Jekyll & Hyde, marking more than 30 years in the music industry. (Source: CCM, September 2003)
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September 22, 2003
R. Kelly on God
"My mama always told me that the higher you go, you're going to pay a price. And you've got to believe that God's got your back."
-R. Kelly, who faces trial later this year on 21 counts of child pornography. If convicted, Kelly could face a lifetime of jail as the most infamous sex offender in the U.S. (Source: Blender, October 2003)
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R. Kelly on Osama Bin Laden
"Osama Bin Laden is the only one who knows exactly what I'm going through."
-Infamous R&B star R. Kelly, who scored a Grammy with "I Believe I Can Fly" in 1996, and is currently facing 21 counts of child pornography. (Source: Blender, October 2003)
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September 10, 2003
Beyonce Knowles Doesn't Talk About Sex
"I've never talked about my sexual experiences. Or any lack of. Or anything. Because I just don't. And I never have because that's private."
-Beyonce Knowles, denying that she's ever spoken out in favor of abstience, or ever talked about her sexual experiences in general. Oddly, she spoke with SkyNews on August 28, 2003 about her sex life, heartily agreeing that it messes up her vibe when one of her own songs come on the radio while she's having sex. (Source: Relevantmagazine.com, September 10, 2003; Quotables, August 28, 2003)
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September 8, 2003
John Mayer on Being a Rock Star
"I don't want the person that I meet someday to buy into that. I don't want the love of my life to grill me for the first three weeks that I'm with her, saying, 'You do this to all the girls.' There's nothing worse than that. Thanks Kid Rock. Thank you very much. Because now every girl I want to meet sees the rock star as the guy guzzling the beer with a bunch of hats. And I don't wear hats and I don't guzzle beer. I get on the bus. I check e-mail, put on some dry undies and watch Old School again."
-John Mayer, whose new album Heavier Things comes out tomorrow, lamenting about how the on-the-road, rock star life makes having a relationship difficult. (Source: MTV.com, September 5, 2003)
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September 7, 2003
Bono on Making a Statement
"Everything I say becomes some sort of statement, something of vast importance. I could go on stage, unzip my pants, and hang my dick out and people would think it was some statement about something."
-Bono talking about what's it like to be Bono. (Source: Spin, January 1, 1989, reprinted in The U2 Reader)
Posted by Kevin D. Hendricks at 5:29 PM
August 31, 2003
Hope Davis on Being a Cutesy-Poo
"I've tried to avoid stuff that would make me into, you know, the cutesy-poo of the moment."
-Hope Davis, who co-stars in About Schmidt with Jack Nicholson. (Source: Biography, September 2003)
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August 28, 2003
Ruben Studdard on Prayer
"I pray about everything. Anything that I'm about to do with my career, I always pray about it first. Afterward, I don't worry about it anymore. I just know it's gonna be okay."
-The latest American Idol, Ruben Studdard. (Source: Seventeen, September 2003)
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Christina Aguilera in a Nun's Outfit
"It depends on what mode I'm in. I'm an artist that everyone knows loves to change characters a lot. I don't like to play it safe. So this time around I might go for something people might not expect. I could come in a nun's outfit ... and that'll be great!"
-Christina Aguilera, of Stripped fame, on what she'll wear to the 20th annual MTV Video Music Awards. (Source: MTV.com, August 27, 2003)
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Beyonce Knowles on Nudity
"Every photographer wants to be the first one who talks Beyonce out of her clothes. It's prestigious for him if I expose a nipple. ... When they make those kinds of demands, I leave. Goodbye. I want to be respected and remembered for my talent in the first place, not for my booty. ... Some women show some nudity in all their pics. But I am known for being prudish. I don't have a problem with sexy clothes. Any really hot fashion thing I'll wear. And I'll put on a bikini if the scene is on the beach. But vulgar for no reason? Never."
-Beyonce Knowles, recent solo artist and member of Destiny's Child. She was also asked if one of her songs had ever come on the radio while she was making love. Her response? "Oh, I hate that. It messes up the vibe." (Source: Sky News, August 28, 2003)
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August 22, 2003
Chris Carrabba the Flash in the Pan
"I'm a flash in the pan ... I'm already signed up to play some state fairs down the line."
-Dashboard Confessional lead-singer Chris Carrabba on the fad-like status of his band and their new album, A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar. Other Dashboard Confessional albums include The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most, Swiss Army Romance and MTV Unplugged. (Source: Newsweek, August 25, 2003)
Other Dashboard Confessional Quotables:
Chris Carrabba on Selling Out
Chris Carrabba's Vindication
Jason Gleason on Chris Carrabba
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August 20, 2003
Jason Gleason on Chris Carrabba
"If some kid comes up and makes a stupid Chris Carrabba comment, I don't even care. I'll probably punch him in the face."
-Jason Gleason, lead singer of Further Seems Forever, talking about the Dashboard Confessional front-man and former FSF lead singer. (Source: Alternative Press, September 2003)
Other Dashboard Confessional Quotables:
Chris Carrabba on Selling Out
Chris Carrabba's Vindication
Chris Carrabba on Celebrity
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