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"We're Nirvana and we really don't particularly like heavy metal."

Kurt Cobain· b. 1967View quote →

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🇺🇸Christina Aguilera

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b. 1980

"Even when I was little, I knew I was meant to perform. I would watch specials on TV or videos of Janet or Whitney, and I would start crying because I was like 'I want that so bad'."

"We're Nirvana and we really don't particularly like heavy metal."

"I’m very close to my mum. She has a strong faith that gives her this amazing sense of peace. I admire her; she's a very strong woman."

"You must know the physiology behind the art. All the ‘pink clouds’ in the world won’t help you move through the passaggio."

"Ask any girl what she'd rather be than beautiful, and she'll say more beautiful."

"The subject says "I see first lots of things which dance — then everything becomes gradually connected."

"A lot of songs I sang to crowds to get their reaction. That's how I knew they'd hit."

"That explains why I have this impulse to share, to be honest and unveil stuff – because that area was like: ‘No, you have to be perfect.’"

"The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it."

"Eyes open wide, looking at the heavens with a tear in my eye."

"One of the inescapable encumbrances of leading an interesting life is that there have to be moments when you almost lose it."

"publicity agent … went to hear Father Divine and he had a sermon and his subject was 'you got to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative.' And I said 'Wow, that's a colorful phrase!'"

"Had it? Should've shot it! Now, you're dearly departed."

"Noah is my best friend. We're the same age. We do everything together. We go to Six Flags. We have play dates. I mean, we are children."

"He's not your prince charming if he doesn't make sure you know that you're his princess."

"I'm going to usher in this entire new culture of the youth, obsessed with the future."

"In February 1953, I was making a second picture with Jeff Chandler, one called War Arrow. Jeff was a real sweetheart, but acting with him was like acting with a broomstick."

"We're come from stars' cosmic nature, | now we are destroying the future."

"Dream Magic, a short a film about Alanis Obomsawin created for her Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement"

"I've had this TV for 7 years, this is how it works. Power on - it comes on. Simple clicker, volume control - piece of piss. Works every time.... what the fuck's this? What am I doing? JACK!!"

"When I think of soul I think of grease 'cause ain't nothin' no good without the grease."

"It's not bad to wear a promise ring, because not everybody, guy or girl, wants to be a slut," explained Jordin Sparks-- during Sunday's VMA show in response to jokes made by host Russell Brand about chastity."

"Wait for it, wait for it! Anticipation is half the fun. So I've been told..."

"But don't panic. Base eight is just like base ten really — if you're missing two fingers."

"One needs to take one’s time because good work takes time. But it must be worth the wait in the end."

"Smiley Smile Dot Net: Brian Wilson, Beach Boys, and SMiLE"

"For me it’s hurtful. I get mad when people assume things about me because I imagine the people who don’t have the support system I have and how that must affect them."

"When I'm gone, people will no doubt remember me for Queen, but I would much rather be remembered for attempting to change the way we treat our fellow creatures."

"The Great British Public; a nation of Blue Peter presenters."

"stay as strong as you can and during the times you can't, let other people be strong for you."

"I can see too many mouths open | Too many eyes closed, ears closed | Not enough minds open | Too many legs open."

"I'm an artist…and I'm part of every decision in a movie. This is not how they work in Hollywood. There, the director is part of the crew, not the main creator. I'm too old to change now. I wouldn't know how to do it."

"I grew up in the age of Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin, Nancy Wilson … It was a time where a fat, ugly broad that could sing had value. Now everything is about image. It’s not poetry. This just isn’t my time."

"What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it."

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"I just can’t believe anyone would start a band just to make the scene and be cool and have chicks. I just can’t believe it."

— Kurt Cobain, b. 1967View →

"I kept hearing that metal is dead and Ozzy's dead and people that like Ozzy are dead. I have never had an empty seat. I've always sold out, so who's saying it's all over?"

— Ozzy Osbourne, b. 1948View →

"Last year, a girl was raped by two wastes of sperm and eggs while they sang the lyrics to our song "Polly". I have a hard time carrying on knowing there are plankton like that in our audience."

— Kurt Cobain, b. 1967View →

"I wouldn’t wear a tie-dyed tee-shirt unless it was dyed with the urine of Phil Collins and the blood of Jerry Garcia."

— Kurt Cobain, b. 1967View →

"I've done a lot worse than jump off piers, son. Like throw a television out the window."

— Ozzy Osbourne, b. 1948View →

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