Carpenters - (Richard Carpenter) - "I never could determine what was going through Karen's head."
Celine Dion - "I don't like listening to music. I'm not a music fan."
Christina Aguilera - "I want to be a poet. I don't want to talk about genies in bottles anymore."
The Cure (Robert Smith) - "I started wearing lipstick because it made me feel confident and more attractive. I'm completely featureless without it. But on stage I always used to lean my mouth on the mike and shut my eyes so I wouldn't have to see the people. And at the end I'd come off with lipstick smeared all over my face, so I thought I might as well go on with it like that and make it look intentional."
Crowded House (Neil Finn) - "Songwriting is a mystery. And it's a mystery to me that it's a mystery. But that sounds stupid."
David Bowie - "I'm always amazed that people take what I say seriously. I don't even take what I 'am' seriously."
Dido - "I feel really lucky to have found musical success before I'm 30, to be doing absolutely what I want to do. I would be quite happy if I died tomorrow."
Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler) - "I don't feel pressure. They say 'how can you follow Brothers In Arms?' But it's only a record, only a band playing and touring. It's not the Second Coming. As far as being a 'player's player', you've only got to go to Nashville or Argentina, and you can forget about it. The world is full of amazing guitar players, and you know it, and I know it ... it's a humbling experience..."
Dolly Parton - "I've been guilty of most of the stuff that's been said about me to some degree. And if I ain't done it, I probably will."
Donna Summer - "God had to create disco music so I could be born and be successful."
Elton John - "Anyone who lip-synchs in public on stage when you pay 75 pounds to see them should be shot."
Elton John - "I went up to Prince and said 'I'm a big fan of your stuff' and he looked at me and just walked off...left me standing there like a ****. He's a prat, but a clever prat."
Elvis Presley - "I'm not kidding myself. My voice alone is just an ordinary voice. What people come to see is how I use it. If I stand still while I'm singing, I'm dead. Man, I might as well go back to driving a truck..I don't know anything about music...in my line you don't have to."
Eric Clapton - "Whatever your standing in life, the most important thing is behaving in ways that help other people. It's the same with music. I am a servant of the music ... and if I get caught up in ego, I'll lose everything .. it'll burn and that's a guarantee."