April 25, 2005

Paris Hilton on Happiness

"I know that when I have kids and a family, that's when my real life starts and that's what real happiness is."

-Reality TV star and snobby rich girl Paris Hilton (Elle Girl, May 2005)

Posted by Kevin D. Hendricks at 12:55 PM

March 9, 2005

Korn's Brian Welch on Quitting the Band

"I have a 6-year-old daughter, and I want her to be able to look me in the eye. I'm a single dad, that's what it comes down to. And the guys were really accommodating when I would tell them that. They'd be like, 'Bring your daughter on tour! We'll work the tour around you.' But that's not the place for a 6-year-old. She would be sitting backstage sometimes, just counting dollars. Because Fieldy would tell her, 'Every time you hear a curse word, you'll get a dollar. It will help us stop cursing.' And at the end of the day, she'd turn to me and be like, 'Look at all my money, Daddy!'"

-Brian "Head" Welch, former Korn guitarist explaining why he left the band. (Source: MTV, Feb. 25, 2005)

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February 12, 2005

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong on Kids

“Having children makes you look at the world a bit differently. You want to lash our a little more, and that affects how you write songs. And there's nothing more humbling than being a parent. There are two types of people you can never talk down to: old people and kids. You have to communicate with your kids all the time—not to censor them, but to talk about things.”

-Billie Joe Armstrong, frontman for Green Day, who've seen renewed success with their latest CD, American Idiot. (Source: USA Today, January 31, 2005)

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March 30, 2004

Hilary Duff on Family

"No amount of money makes me as happy as just being at home."

-Hilary Duff (Source: Guidepost for Teens, February/March 2004)

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October 22, 2003

Angelina Jolie on Children

"[He] changed everything, but in the most wonderful way. Everything that should matter, matters. He's absolutely the center of my life."

-Angelina Jolie, of Tomb Raider fame, describing her two-year-old son, Maddox. (Source: Biography, October, 2003)

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September 25, 2003

Dave Matthews on Hanging Children By Their Legs

"My wife went down there [Costa Rica] and left me with our twins. I was fine, they did fine, they behaved. Then she came back and they started misbehaving directly -- waah! -- as soon as she walked in the door. They behave for me because I hang them upside down by their legs."

-Dave Matthews, who recently released his solo album, Some Devil. (Source: Entertainment Weekly, September 26, 2003)

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September 22, 2003

Bill Murray on New Beginnings

"People only talk about what a joyous experience it is, but there is terror: Your life, as you know it, is over. It's over the day that child is born. It's over, and something completely new starts."

-Bill Murray, star of such comedy classics as Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, and The Man Who Knew Too Little. (Source: RollingStone, October 2, 2002)

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September 21, 2003

James Gandolfini on Thbbbt!

"To my son, Michael, I promised I would do this: Thbbbt!"

-Sopranos star James Gandolfini, during his acceptance speech at the 2003 Emmys. (Source: Fox, September 21, 2003)

Posted by Kevin D. Hendricks at 11:12 PM