“You can tell me right now to my face that Reindeer Games was a piece of shit. That’s totally fine. But The Hills is about nothing.†—Charlize Theron [MTV]
“At one point, Uncle Vernon was speaking, and so the text said, ‘Uncle Vernon ejaculated. That’s actually a good speech verb. It means you spit something out very fast.†—Cheryl Klein, continuity editor of the Harry Potter series, is sick of your American snickering at a perfectly good word [MTV]
“The original germ of the idea comes from a note that Dave [Sitek] wrote in the studio that said, ‘Dear Science, please start solving problems and curing diseases or shut the fuck up.’†—Kyp Malone on TV on the Radio’s new album, Dear Science [Gothamist]
“All the English guys love that shit, but I kinda rejected it all my life because it was my own sound. I think I probably have, as a singer, more of an inherent country voice than I would ever like to imagine I did.†—Chrissie Hynde [Reuters]
“As it happens, we have found ourselves in the rather Bush-y position of being more popular in the United States than in the UK. When I say ‘Bush-y’ I’m referring of course to Gavin Rossdale’s 90’s grunge-lite outfit, not the universally unpopular presidents of the same name. And by ‘Bush-y position’ I mean our popularity among the music buying public in the US. Not kneeling behind Gwen Stefani, pumping like mad.†—Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchinson [Guardian]