Violence is fun, man.
Quentin Tarantino
My favorite band ever was Slayer. Those guys were some of the most charming and delightful people I’ve ever met.
Judy Negley, Co-Owner of Independent Records and Video, Colorado Springs, CO
The humane society showing up for Ozzy Osbourne, that was fabulous. We had these caged doves by where he was going to be signing, and they had these little signs on them that said, “Oh No, Ozzy”s Coming!” The humane society showed up with their trucks and stayed there the whole time.
Judy Negley, Co-Owner of Independent Records and Video, Colorado Springs, CO
Why can’t rock music be about growing old?
Roger Daltrey of the Who, who once sang “Hope I die before I get old”
Britney was absolutely devastated when I told her.
Taryn Manning, on telling Britney Spears that the Japanese symbols tattooed on her hipbone were meaningless gibberish
Prince smiles and holds his hands out in front of him, as if weighing an object in each. “Let’s see,” he says, “sleep, or a half a million dollars? Sleep, or a half a million dollars?”
Anthony DeCurtis, on asking Prince why he booked a tour with so few days off
My relationship with my toaster is delicious, but completely one-sided.
Chuck Klosterman, "Toast in the Machine," from Esquire, 2004
Normal is a cycle on a washing machine.
Emmylou Harris
Don’t worry about suffering. It will happen. Just stand on the tracks long enough and the train will run you right down.
Pete Seeger
Senator Joe Lieberman wrote some kind of letter to us. I corrected the spelling and sent it back.
Johnny Knoxville, when asked if politicians ever gave him a hard time.
We didn’t send you to Washington to make intelligent decisions. We sent you to represent us.
Kent York, Baptist Minister, to U.S. Representative Bill Sarpalius
My favorite one, that fits me perfectly, is an Offspring shirt. It’s a vintage t-shirt I picked up on Melrose. It was, like, fifty dollars.
Avril Lavigne, on her favorite t-shirt, making me feel really old
Loneliness: There is no organ that can take it all.
Nicole Krauss, “The Last Words on Earth,” from The New Yorker, February 9th, 2004
I may be a fool but I’m not desperate. I thanked her very much for the offer, but said that I was going to have to have to turn it down since I was already scheduled to sit on my thumb and rotate in accordance with the movements of the earth around the sun. She was disappointed.
Nicole Krauss, “The Last Words on Earth,” from The New Yorker, February 9th, 2004
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Edmund Burke, not Bobby Kennedy
I was a professional smoker, and I still miss it. I know she was trying to kill me, but I really loved the bitch.
Brad Pitt
He was only relevant by accident.
Morrissey, on David Bowie, explaining why I’ve never been a fan of Morrissey
More seldom than not, the movies gives us exquisite sex and wholesome violence, that underscores our values. Every two child did. I will.
President George W. Bush
It’s like the IRA on speed.
Colleague of Molly Bingham, on the developing resistance forces in Iraq