Stephin Merritt Still Dour

“People don’t seem to realize when they’re living in the golden age of things. I believe we’re living in the golden age of the documentary. I don’t think anyone over 12 would think we were in the golden age of popular music. We’re living in a really difficult time for popular music. I guess we can’t pick our golden ages, otherwise we’d always be in one.� —Stephin Merritt [BlackBook]

“I know I want to do R&B, but at the same time, I want to be the kind of artist that can do a duet with a John Mayer and it makes sense.� —Ne-Yo [MTV]

“The next thing that really stuck out to me was Beyoncé and Tina Turner. The whole time it was going all I could think was, ‘How cool would it be to have Tina Turner as your grandma?’� —Pete Wentz [MTV]

“It’s not dirty talk. We talk about sex, but the terminology is not dirty. The film is principally humorous, and if anything else it’s informative.� —Isabella Rossellini on her new film, Green Porno, in which she simulates insect sex [Reuters via Yahoo]

“Hey, you try wagging these puppies around a while and see if you don’t have back problems.� —Dolly Parton on postponing her upcoming North American tour [Reuters via Yahoo]