Friday, 20 June 2008

Al Green Single-handedly Responsible for Overpopulation

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"There were lots of kids being born around then!" —Al Green on the legacy of his love songs [Rolling Stone]

"Until I start writing songs about being famous or how hard it is to tour or until I turn in, like, Bob Seger songs, I think we'll be OK." —Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard promises not to turn out any night moves [Detroit Free Press via Pop Matters ]

"In a way, I feel like this is my most fleshed out and the most satisfied I've been with a role." —Jack Black on Kung Fu Panda [AP via Yahoo]

"You know, I thought long ago you could change the world by writing songs. Oh, you can inspire a few people, get some of them to change their thinking about something, but you can't change the world by writing songs. But we could change it with this car." —Neil Young on developing his own electric car [WENN via Starpulse]

"Just ask any of the women who melted in the hallway at his audition. And if I had more time I could think of 10 more inches — I mean reasons — why I cast him." —Sex and the City director Michael Patrick King on casting Gilles Marini as Samantha's sexy neighbor [E!]

“The entire world saw the movie. This morning, I could not work out. I went to my gym, and everybody came up to talk to me, and they just talked and talked. That is not going to help with my abs.” —Gilles Marini [E!]