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Pete Seeger Just Found Out About Pitchfork This Morning

Catherine Opie’s Untitled #10 (Surfers) (2003).

“An Internet magazine! So you don’t have to cut down trees. I’ll be damned.†—Pete Seeger [Pitchfork]

“Everybody said, ‘Oh, aren’t you afraid you’ll be typecast?’ And I said, ‘Of course I am,’ but if it has to be this — well, that’s not too bad.†—Daniel Craig on playing James Bond [NYT]

“It’s not a special-effects movie, that’s for sure. It ain’t spaceships. It’s not explosions. It’s about people, hopefully.†—David Fincher on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [NYT]

“Reading the script, I knew that one of the major functions is to be the supporting boyfriend, what in a straight movie would be the supporting wife role. For a female actress, maybe that would sound like, ‘Oh, no, another supporting wife role.’ But I’ve never been offered that part.†—James Franco on his role in Milk [LAT]

“A lot of babies. I want a lot of babies that are made through my music, to my music.†—Maxwell on what he hopes will be his legacy [Pop & Hiss/LAT]

“Obama’s talking about change, change, change, and you’ve got McCain, who used ‘Right Now’ in his campaign. I’ve got both guys talking about my philosophy. And I’m fine with that.†—Sammy Hagar [Billboard via Reuters]

Pete Seeger Just Found Out About Pitchfork This Morning