AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 10/7/2003 08:44:37 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "It's pretty awesome. A lot of people throw underwear at bands, but our kids bring us books." -Dustin Kensrue, singer/guitarist for Thrice, who just released their Island records debut, Artist in the Ambulance. (Source: Alternative Press, November 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 10/7/2003 08:40:53 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I personally don't have any kind of religion. My mother is a Christian, and I always kind of think that the Bible is just a story -- no offense to you or anyone. Honestly, that's what I feel the Bible is, and if it is, then maybe I can make one up, too. It's a book about the things that happened before we are now. At the same time, I know that this is not real. I'm not thinking that my thoughts are correct and that's what people are to believe. They're ridiculous, so maybe the Bible is." -Coheed & Cambria's singer/guitarist Claudio Sanchez about his quadrilogy of albums that he sees as his own version of the Bible. It involves Adam and Eve-like characters who must sacrifice their children to save the universe. (Source: Alternative Press, November 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 10/7/2003 08:30:16 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "Sometimes I'll be like, 'Oh, man, this stuff is too obscure and crazy, and people aren't going to get it' -- but what can you do about that? It's just the music we make. You can't cater it, and you can't play down to people. You can't assume people are stupid. I'm not going to put in an extra chorus because it's catchy or take out some bigger words because I think people won't get them. You just have to say what you want, I guess. At least that's what I have to tell myself." -Geoff Rickly lead singer for Thursday, whose War All the Time album came out last month. (Source: Alternative Press, November 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 10/7/2003 08:20:26 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "My escape is faith. Sometimes it doesn't seem like there's a light at the end of the tunnel. You pray, you have faith. The next thing you know, the light is brighter than ever." -Basketball player Kobe Bryant, when asked if basketball would be his escape from the media circus surrounding his criminal case for allegedly raping a 19-year-old woman. (Source: Sportsline.com, October 6, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/30/2003 08:54:29 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I handed him forty dollars and told him, 'This is for sneaking into your show in London.'" -Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman on his interaction with U2's Bono. (Source: RollingStone, September 24, 2004) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/29/2003 08:17:49 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "Britney Spears doesn't rock. She's a mechanical pop robot, OK? Basically she's a puppet. Although Britney Spears isn't as bad as Christina Aguilera when it comes to showing skin ... Christina shows a lot more. They both seem to be competing with each other ... It doesn't offend me. It's just tragic. It's really sad. ... Don't feel like you have to sell sex just to get people to listen to you." -Amy Lee, lead singer of Evanescence. (Source: Steppin' Out, via Relevantmagazine.com, September 28, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/25/2003 01:50:09 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I make my living from playing live, so if the whole record industry went pffft and landed on its face, I'd still be able to go out there and sing like the Lollipop Guild and hope someone throws a dollar in my hat." -Dave Matthews, who recently released his solo album, Some Devil, responding to the threat of illegal digital downloads facing the music industry. (Source: Entertainment Weekly, September 26, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/25/2003 01:47:45 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "My wife went down there [Costa Rica] and left me with our twins. I was fine, they did fine, they behaved. Then she came back and they started misbehaving directly -- waah! -- as soon as she walked in the door. They behave for me because I hang them upside down by their legs." -Dave Matthews, who recently released his solo album, Some Devil. (Source: Entertainment Weekly, September 26, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/25/2003 01:45:52 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "The opportunity to influence anyone's life for the better is a great responsibility." -P.O.D. guitarist Jason Truby, who will make his first appearance on P.O.D's next album, Payable On Death. (Source: Teen People, October 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/25/2003 01:42:15 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "Our stuff is always gonna be inspiring. If P.O.D's having a bad day, we're not gonna come in and write sad songs. It's not how we are." -P.O.D. bassist Traa Daniels talking about their upcoming album, Payable On Death. (Source: Teen People, October 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/25/2003 01:42:09 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "Our stuff is always gonna be inspiring. If P.O.D's having a bad day, we're not gonna come in and write sad songs. It's not how we are." -P.O.D. bassist Traa Daniels talking about their upcoming album, Payable On Death. (Source: Teen People, October 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/25/2003 01:38:50 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I want to encourage kids ... to look up to people who have changed the world. We've never changed the world. Look at astronauts or doctors or Nelson Mandela." -Hilary Duff, who played Lizzie McGuire and recently released her first CD, Metamorphosis. (Source: Teen People, October 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/25/2003 01:32:40 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I feel good knowing I've made a difference in somebody's life." -Sixteen-year-old Alexandra Govere who started the Kijuana Project to fight AIDS in her Zimbabwe village. (Source: ElleGirl, September/October 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/25/2003 01:23:19 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "Being a rebel is about making an impact and making people do a double take." -Eighteen-year-old artist Alexandra Nechita who released the book Outside the Lines in 1996 and was recently featured on passageway.org. (Source: ElleGirl, September/October 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/25/2003 01:20:07 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "My heroes in art, literature, music and politics made a virtue out of being different. That made my being different a lot easier to bear." -Moby (Source: ElleGirl, September/October 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/25/2003 01:10:32 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "It's already happening. But the difference with me is that I'm a survivor. I won't be crucified. I decided a long time ago that I could achieve my vision. The weak are crushed. The weak are killed. I'm not one of them." -Brody Armstrong, lead singer of the Distillers, on people reading into their latest album's cover art, which depicts a nude woman being crucified with blood gushing from her side. (Source: Blender, October 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/23/2003 01:26:05 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "They make great bookends. I was happy to get the fourth one." -Petra guitarist Bob Hartman, on Grammy Awards. While Petra has won four Grammy's, they admit that those who vote for the Grammy Awards don't know much about Christian music, so the awards are more a result of name recognition. Petra recently released Jekyll & Hyde, marking more than 30 years in the music industry. (Source: CCM, September 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/23/2003 01:18:12 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "David Crowder Band is at the top of that list because they are honest and real in their passion for worshiping God. Their music really encourages me to move over and let God come down." -Jimmy Eat World drummer Zach Lind, who produced "How Great" from the David Crowder Band's latest album, Illuminate. (Source: CCM, September 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/23/2003 01:11:32 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "A lot of people who grow up in church don't take those teachings with them when they go outside. We can help somebody else get through rough times just through what we've been taught about God. Especially being a young African-American musician, I see so many of my own brothers and sisters not trying to deliver a good message in a world today. All these people have all these talents and have nothing good to say about life. If I don't sell a million records, but if we help people move toward being a better person in life and lean more toward believing in God, that will mean a lot." -Robert Randolph, who along with his Family Band are crossing over in reverse, from mainstream to Christian music. Their latest album, Unchained, came out last month. (Source: CCM, September 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/23/2003 01:03:49 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "It's about being torn between -- I hate to say this because it sounds so churchy -- the old [human] nature and the new [godly] nature. I just prefer to say the midnight and the dawn. I want people to understand that it's OK. Let's not be in denial of that anymore because we are destroying people's faith by saying you've got to have it all together. That denies the whole story of the gospel. Christ came to give me eternal life and abundant life now, but what abundant life looks like may not be what you think. It could be a war every day of your life." -Shaun Groves, who recently released his second album, Twilight. (Source: CCM, September 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/23/2003 12:56:33 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "Down the road, you realize that it's impossible to [ignore the business side of music] if you have a brain, any desires in life, or you want to make a living. It is unfortunate that the business and the creative sides should ever cross paths. But they're forced to. The business side of things dumbs down the creative process. It puts strain on it and makes it into something unnatural and forced. That has become something that's been unavoidable and very disappointing." -Leigh Nash, lead singer of Sixpence None the Richer, describing the clash of the creative and business sides of the music industry. (Source: Christianity Today, August 28, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/22/2003 06:24:32 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I want to be effective in office. I want to be appropriate in whatever I do. ... If I was ineffective, I'd quit today." -South Dakota Representative Bill Janklow on whether or not he'll resign in the face of manslaughter and misdemeanor charges for speeding and running a stop sign, which caused a collision that killed one person. (Source: Star Tribune, September 22, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/22/2003 04:11:21 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "We're not here to preach. We respect people for what they believe. Most bands in the music scene we're in are anti-religion and I understand that. But some people actually hate us. Grow up!" -Mike Herrera, of MxPx, responding in 2000 to criticism about the band's Christian beliefs. MxPx just released their latest album, Before Everything and After. (Source: ReALMagazine.com, July 4, 2000) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/22/2003 04:06:44 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "My mama always told me that the higher you go, you're going to pay a price. And you've got to believe that God's got your back." -R. Kelly, who faces trial later this year on 21 counts of child pornography. If convicted, Kelly could face a lifetime of jail as the most infamous sex offender in the U.S. (Source: Blender, October 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/22/2003 04:01:14 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "Osama Bin Laden is the only one who knows exactly what I'm going through." -Infamous R&B star R. Kelly, who scored a Grammy with "I Believe I Can Fly" in 1996, and is currently facing 21 counts of child pornography. (Source: Blender, October 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/22/2003 03:56:10 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "Cheating is bad. That's a big mistake I've made, and I've really hurt people. I've never lied about it, though. I've always been honest." -18-year-old Bonnie McKee, self-proclaimed sex-pot and pop-star-to-be, about cheating on her husband. (Source: Blender, October 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/22/2003 10:47:56 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "Catholicism is complete and utter bullsh*t, and if that offends people, oh well." -Katy Rose, angst-ridden teen rocker of the Avril Lavigne variety, whose album Because I Can releases in January 2004. (Source: Blender, October 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/22/2003 10:43:16 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "That peace is the most important thing. And in that, I think love is included. Above all things, it's the most righteous. Not war for peace, not guns or bombs for peace. Peace itself, a natural state." -Dave Matthews, who releases his solo album Some Devil tomorrow, on what he'd like to pass on to his daughters from his Quaker upbringing. (Source: Blender, October, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/22/2003 10:37:32 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "People only talk about what a joyous experience it is, but there is terror: Your life, as you know it, is over. It's over the day that child is born. It's over, and something completely new starts." -Bill Murray, star of such comedy classics as Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, and The Man Who Knew Too Little. (Source: RollingStone, October 2, 2002) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/21/2003 11:12:47 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "To my son, Michael, I promised I would do this: Thbbbt!" -Sopranos star James Gandolfini, during his acceptance speech at the 2003 Emmys. (Source: Fox, September 21, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/21/2003 11:08:18 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I'm not gonna come out on this record and show my crotch or anything. That's not me. I would never do anything like that. It's all in the way you do stuff, all in the way you carry things. The music is most important to me." -Britney Spears, despite her topless RollingStone cover, and revealing inside photos. Then again, Britney's never been one for consistancy. (Source: RollingStone, October 2, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/21/2003 10:57:05 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I think every photo shoot I've done has been tasteful. I'll never be a vamp-vixen-sex goddess." -Britney Spears, of Oops, I Did It Again fame, despite her topless RollingStone cover, among others. (Source: RollingStone, October 2, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/18/2003 12:54:42 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "It's really silly. I wrote a song called 'Bootylicious,' maybe three years ago. And now the word is in the dictionary. To be honest, I hate the word. ... I'm glad I wrote it. It's a fun song. It's just a word, like someone is feeling confident. I wrote it because I was gaining weight, and I felt like for all the people that feel like I do right now, I'm going to write this song and make people proud of their curves. But now everywhere I go, everybody is saying, 'booty-this' and 'booty-that' and it's really irritating." -Beyonce Knowles, recent solo artist and member of Destiny's Child. (Source: Reuters, September 18, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/16/2003 11:14:55 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "It's the Christ story for an American audience, with a lot of action." -"Smallville" producer Alfred Gough (Source: USA Today, September 14, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/16/2003 08:12:40 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "We're doing the Lord's work. I'm here to be His servant." -Carson Kressley, the flamboyant fashion guru from the hit summer series "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy." (Source: MSN Entertainment) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/16/2003 08:10:37 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "Record companies sueing 12 year old girls for file-sharing is kind of like horse and buggy operators sueing Henry Ford." -Moby (Source: Moby.com, September 10, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/15/2003 10:33:01 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I know you love us both the same, but who do you think is funnier, me, or SpongeBob SquarePants?" -Larry the Cucumber, who starred in Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie, when asked what he would say if he had five minutes with Jesus. (Source: The Dallas Morning News, September 5, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/12/2003 11:15:10 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "By the end I was really on the verge of tears. At the end of it, there was just dead silence. There was, like, this moist clearing of our throats and then, 'Uh, okay, let's get some coffee." -Trent Reznor, describing his reaction to watching Johnny Cash's video of the song "Hurt," (or watch the 9 MB Quicktime version here) originally written and performed by Reznor's Nine Inch Nails. "Hurt" appeared on the America IV: The Man Comes Around album. (Source: Quoted in Spiritual Journeys: How Faith Has Influenced 12 Music Icons) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/12/2003 10:34:34 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "Oh, I expect my life to end pretty soon. You know, I'm 71 years old. I have great faith, though. I have unshakeable faith." -The late Johnny Cash, speaking in August 2003, one month before he died. (Source: MTV.com, August 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/12/2003 10:33:13 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I used to [have regrets]. But I forgave myself. When God forgave me, I figured I'd better do it, too." -The late Johnny Cash. (Source: MTV.com, August 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/12/2003 10:28:13 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "Locusts and honey ... not since John The Baptist has there been a voice like that crying in the wilderness. ... Every man knows he is a sissy compared to Johnny Cash." -Bono's tribute to Johnny Cash, who died today, in the liner notes of the 2002 release The Essential Johnny Cash. Cash collaborated with U2 in the song "The Wanderer" from 1993's Zooropa. (Source: CNN, February 26, 2002) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/12/2003 10:20:11 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "Ignore it. Do what you do. You can't let people delegate to you what you should do when it's coming from way in here [taps heart]. I wouldn't let anybody influence me into thinking I was doing the wrong thing by singing about death, hell and drugs. Cause I've always done that. And I always will." -Johnny Cash, who died today, giving advice to rappers criticized for focusing on death and violence. (Source: MTV.com, August 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/12/2003 10:11:34 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "Johnny Cash is what a country like this needs, which is a soul. He is someone that is the soul of America and in this day and age we really need more people like him, though I don't think there's ever gonna be anybody like him." -Soundgarden/Audioslave front man Chris Cornell. (Source: MTV.com, September 12, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/12/2003 10:00:11 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "Nothing is as macho as Johnny Cash's voice. A real threat you will not find in a 22-year-old. You just won't. You can dress him up in leather pants, you can have him throw his TV out the hotel window. He can roar in front of all manner of white noise, but there's no real threat when you're a teenager, when you're in your 20s or when you're [in your] 30s. The real sh-t, or what they say in New Orleans, the other kind of sh-t, comes from the perspective of being in the trenches and having been around a while. All the blues guys had it. Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King. Johnny Cash has that and the voice of authority for me." -Bono, describing one of the most recognizable voices in music, the late Johnny Cash. Cash collaborated with U2 in the song "The Wanderer" from 1993's Zooropa. (Source: MTV.com, September 12, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/12/2003 09:46:42 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I've never met a man who combined spiritual depth, musical ability, and international fame with such grace, charm, and humility as Johnny." -Billy Graham, describing the late Johnny Cash who died today. (Source: Cash by Johnny Cash, 1997) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/10/2003 11:52:34 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I have realized that material possessions don't really bring that much happiness. I'm not suggesting that money doesn't help, because it does. It's certainly better than wondering where your next meal is going to be. But, at the same time, if you're wondering where your next meal is coming from, you're not thinking about when you're going to die." -Nicolas Cage, who's starred in the recent Adaptation and the classic Raising Arizona. (Source: Fade In, Vol. VII, No. 2) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/10/2003 11:46:38 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I actually didn't want to have control of the writing on my first album. To write, you have to have time to connect with yourself. I don't have that time right now, because I'm so busy." -Hilary Duff, who played Lizzie McGuire and recently released her Metamorphosis album. (Source: Rolling Stone, September 18, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/10/2003 11:41:13 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I've never talked about my sexual experiences. Or any lack of. Or anything. Because I just don't. And I never have because that's private." -Beyonce Knowles, denying that she's ever spoken out in favor of abstience, or ever talked about her sexual experiences in general. Oddly, she spoke with SkyNews on August 28, 2003 about her sex life, heartily agreeing that it messes up her vibe when one of her own songs come on the radio while she's having sex. (Source: Relevantmagazine.com, September 10, 2003; Quotables, August 28, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/10/2003 11:34:11 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "You bunch of pitiful, hypocritical, idiotic, spoiled mugwumps. Get your head out of the sand and smell the Twin Towers." -Country musician Charlie Daniels bashing leftwing entertainers in his new book, Ain't No Rag: Freedom, Family and the Flag. (Source: Rolling Stone, September 18, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/10/2003 11:30:00 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "It's just a pathetic city." -Jack White, of the White Stripes, talking about his hometown of Detroit. (Source: Rolling Stone, September 18, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/8/2003 10:03:56 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I don't want the person that I meet someday to buy into that. I don't want the love of my life to grill me for the first three weeks that I'm with her, saying, 'You do this to all the girls.' There's nothing worse than that. Thanks Kid Rock. Thank you very much. Because now every girl I want to meet sees the rock star as the guy guzzling the beer with a bunch of hats. And I don't wear hats and I don't guzzle beer. I get on the bus. I check e-mail, put on some dry undies and watch Old School again." -John Mayer, whose new album Heavier Things comes out tomorrow, lamenting about how the on-the-road, rock star life makes having a relationship difficult. (Source: MTV.com, September 5, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/8/2003 09:58:41 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "'Touch of My Hand' is about, you know, touch of my hand." -Britney Spears, sparing no detail as she describes one of the songs from her upcoming album. (Source: MTV.com, September 5, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/8/2003 09:38:55 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "If we lose fans because kids just genuinely don't like the record I made, if that's the case, I'm sorry to see you go, but that's a real honorable way to turn your back on a band. I can understand if I didn't come through for you personally, if you prefer the other records. I'm sorry that you didn't like it. I like it. It's what I needed to do. I could not be prouder of this record. And if you hate it solely because it's popular, then that's not my problem." -Dashboard Confessional lead-singer Chris Carrabba responding to long-time fans put off by the sudden popularity of their new album, A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar. (Source: Spin, October 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/8/2003 08:48:06 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "For old actors, just remember that inside you're only 14. Acting is for kids. It's only kids who really know how to act. You poor old grown-ups, you've forgotten how to do what kids know automatically." -Sixty-four-year-old Ian McKellen, who starred in The Two Towers and X2, giving advice to older actors. (Source: CNN, September 6, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/7/2003 09:42:13 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "You see in asphalt roads sometimes, a patch of grass growing, and cars are driving over it daily. Yet the grash flourishes and does what it's gotta do. To me, that's kind of a good church lesson. I love interacting with this band and all the things it's bringing us -- this may be my church." -Tim Delaughter, leader of the 20+ member band, The Polyphonic Spree. (Source: Spin, October 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/7/2003 09:32:10 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I learned a lot about medical stuff, and faith, and the power of prayer, and a lot about how strong my mom is. She's the strongest person I've ever met. ... I don't know what I would be like if I hadn't gone through that. I thank God for it. Everybody has difficult years, but a lot of times the difficult years end up being the greatest years of your whole entire life, if you survive them." -Brittany Murphy, who starred in 8 Mile with Eminem, talking about her mom's struggle with cancer. (Source: Seventeen, September 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/7/2003 05:36:39 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I just don't think that you should eat anything that's Jesus. It's okay to eat the cross as long as God is not on it." -Liz Samuel, an employee outraged that the store she works for is selling chocolate statues of Jesus. (Source: Relevant, September/October 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/7/2003 05:33:51 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I don't know what God is, but i know that he's at least an energy that rules all and walks the earth ... I'm not a Bible-thumper, but I do believe that the Force is with us." -Jim Carrey, star of Bruce Almighty. (Source: Relevant, September/October 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/7/2003 05:29:04 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "Everything I say becomes some sort of statement, something of vast importance. I could go on stage, unzip my pants, and hang my dick out and people would think it was some statement about something." -Bono talking about what's it like to be Bono. (Source: Spin, January 1, 1989, reprinted in The U2 Reader) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/5/2003 09:25:22 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "My clothing line is edgy without showing off your boobs and your butt. You don't have to take your clothes off to look more adult or sexy or beautiful." -Hilary Duff, who played Lizzie McGuire and recently branched into the music business with her Metamorphosis album. (Source: YM, October 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/5/2003 08:58:12 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I don't think either one of us knows why we split up. It was like, say you're going to a nightclub one night with your friends and you're in line and the next thing you know there are guys with helicopters and there's machine-gun fire and you don't know what happened. And that's kind of like what our breakup was like." -Billy Bob Thorton, who starred in Monster's Ball and Bandits (as well as a little known 1991 flick, Choppper Chicks in Zombietown), describing his divorce with Angelina Jolie, of Tomb Raider fame. It was Thorton's fifth marriage and Jolie's second. (Source: Salon.com, September 4, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/4/2003 08:34:18 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I wasn't allowed to have a guy in my room. Especially not with the door shut. And she wouldn't let me call guys. They had to call me." -Avril Lavigne speaking about the rules her Christian mother enforced while growing up. (Rolling Stone, March 20, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/4/2003 08:22:44 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "Well, [the label] told me to tell everybody, 'This is the new me -- I've never been so happy.' But really, I was completely miserable. I was apart from the love of my life, and I was a robot, trying to do everything that everybody was telling me to do, trying to please everybody." -Jessica Simpson describing the image change she went through with the release of her Irresistible album, which flopped. With her new album, In This Skin, Simpson is back to her old self. (Source: CosmoGirl!, September 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/4/2003 08:08:02 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I didn't know it was going to be that long and everything ... I've never kissed a woman before ... No, I would not do it [again] -- maybe with Madonna. I think I'm still clean living. I mean I don't go home and have orgies or anything like that." -former Mouseketeer Britney Spears, of Oops! ... I Did It Again fame, talking about her kiss with Madonna during the MTV Video Music Awards. (Source: CNN, September 4, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/3/2003 02:17:49 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "Everybody's crazy in some way and everybody's weird, and that kind of makes us all the same in a lot of ways. We're not alone, we just think we are." -Mike Herrera, bassist and vocalist for MxPx, describing "Well Adjusted," a song from their new album, Before Everything and After. The song has been featured in a Diet Pepsi Super Bowl ad and will be featured in a government anti-drug spot. (Source: MTV.com, August 7, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/3/2003 08:58:33 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "Remember, you'll never make any money out of children's books, Jo. Keep your real job." -Barry Cunningham, the editor who purchased Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, talking to J.K. Rowling. (Source: Biography, September 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 9/3/2003 08:53:46 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "America is dumb, it's like a dumb puppy that has big teeth that can bite and hurt you, aggressive." -Johnny Depp, who starred in Pirates of the Caribbean. (Source: CNN, September 3, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/31/2003 05:43:08 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "My church preached against contemporary Christian music so much that most people just listened to mainstream." -Toby Mac describing his upbringing. (Source: CCM, July 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/31/2003 05:31:51 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I've gotten to do so many great things most people will never get to do in a lifetime that I don't think it's worth whining over things I don't get to do." -Seventeen-year-old Stacie Orrico whose self-titled release has seen airplay on MTV's "Total Request Live." (Source: CCM, August 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/31/2003 05:21:30 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I've tried to avoid stuff that would make me into, you know, the cutesy-poo of the moment." -Hope Davis, who co-stars in About Schmidt with Jack Nicholson. (Source: Biography, September 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/31/2003 05:17:32 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I obviously don't want to offend people, but I can't let it totally tear me apart inside and change the way I do things just because there are certain people who don�t like the decisions I've made." -Stacie Orrico responding to flack she's received for her mainstream, self-titled release. (Source: CCM, August 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/31/2003 05:02:27 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "There are going to be people that say it just because it's so clich� in rock 'n' roll to be anti-god. So that when God starts taking things back over, yeah, it's going to piss some people off, and they're going to be, 'Oh! A Christian band -- this is stupid, this sucks,' or whatever. There are going to be those people there, but you just have to take it with a grain of salt. That's life. What are you going to do?" -Pillar responding to a question about DJs ripping on Christian bands after Geffen Records signed them and re-released their Fireproof album. (Source: Phantom Tollbooth, July 3, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/30/2003 05:41:02 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "It hurts my feelings. Being picked on for being too skinny is as detrimental to self esteem as being picked on for being overweight. I think the most important thing is, whatever you've got, be proud of it. As long as you're healthy, no matter what size you are, there's a way to be happy with who you are." -Brittany Murphy, who starred in 8 Mile with Eminem and Just Married with Ashton Kutcher. (Source: Seventeen, September 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/30/2003 01:00:13 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "My faith hasn't just gotten me to where I'm at -- because a lot of people are where I'm at. It's made me happy with where I'm at." -Jessica Simpson, newly married to 98 Degrees' Nick Lachey, and busy with her new CD, In This Skin, and a new MTV show, "Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica." (Source: CosmoGirl, September 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/29/2003 10:41:38 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "You gotta have vision! You gotta be unafraid. You can't lock people into boxes that the public does." -Pharrell Williams, music producer and half of the hip-hop duo The Neptunes, in response to the suggestion that it was a risk to work with teen-y boppers Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake. (Source: Q magazine, September 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/29/2003 10:31:20 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I'm only 15. I'm not finished and healed and all better. You don't really land at a certain spot and say, 'Okay, I'm fine now!' I'm just trying to accept myself." -Nikki Reed, co-writer and co-star of the movie Thirteen, a semi-autobiographical film about the destructive patterns of teens. (Source: Seventeen, September 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/29/2003 09:23:14 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "This is a travesty! I demand a recount. My grandfather raised me on Johnny Cash, and I think he deserves this more than any of us in here tonight." -Justin Timberlake at the 20th annual MTV Video Music Awards, accepting an award for a video from his Justified album while giving tribute to Johnny Cash, who was nominated for six awards and claimed only one (Cash was hospitalized and couldn't attend). (Source: CNN, August 29, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/28/2003 10:52:49 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I pray about everything. Anything that I'm about to do with my career, I always pray about it first. Afterward, I don't worry about it anymore. I just know it's gonna be okay." -The latest American Idol, Ruben Studdard. (Source: Seventeen, September 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/28/2003 06:57:25 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "It depends on what mode I'm in. I'm an artist that everyone knows loves to change characters a lot. I don't like to play it safe. So this time around I might go for something people might not expect. I could come in a nun's outfit ... and that'll be great!" -Christina Aguilera, of Stripped fame, on what she'll wear to the 20th annual MTV Video Music Awards. (Source: MTV.com, August 27, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/28/2003 08:39:38 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "Every photographer wants to be the first one who talks Beyonce out of her clothes. It's prestigious for him if I expose a nipple. ... When they make those kinds of demands, I leave. Goodbye. I want to be respected and remembered for my talent in the first place, not for my booty. ... Some women show some nudity in all their pics. But I am known for being prudish. I don't have a problem with sexy clothes. Any really hot fashion thing I'll wear. And I'll put on a bikini if the scene is on the beach. But vulgar for no reason? Never." -Beyonce Knowles, recent solo artist and member of Destiny's Child. She was also asked if one of her songs had ever come on the radio while she was making love. Her response? "Oh, I hate that. It messes up the vibe." (Source: Sky News, August 28, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/27/2003 09:54:20 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "Evangelicalism has never chased relevance more determinedly than it does now. And yet, we've never been more irrelevant." -Os Guinness, author of The Call. (Source: ChristainityToday.com, August 26, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/27/2003 09:41:52 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "It's all fleeting. As fame is fleeing, so are all the trappings of fame fleeting. The money, the clothes, the furniture." -Johnny Cash, explaining his cover of the Nine Inch Nails' song "Hurt" on his American IV: The Man Comes Around album. (Source: MTV.com, August 26, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/26/2003 08:14:29 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "If I were God for a day, I would have no more illness. No one would be sick. No one would be hungry. Everybody would have lots of money, everybody would be in love and all the girls could weigh exactly how much they wanted to weigh. And girls wouldn�t have our periods. " -Macy Gray, who recently released The Trouble With Being Myself. (Source: VH1.com, August 11, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/24/2003 10:17:22 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "The public doesn't care about figures." -Arnold Schwarzenegger, gubernatorial candidate in California's recall election. (Source: Star Tribune, August 21, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/22/2003 12:47:13 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I'm a flash in the pan ... I'm already signed up to play some state fairs down the line." -Dashboard Confessional lead-singer Chris Carrabba on the fad-like status of his band and their new album, A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar. (Source: Newsweek, August 25, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/22/2003 12:13:52 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I think it's probably the best anti-drug song I ever heard." -71-year-old music legend Johnny Cash on why he chose to cover Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt" on his American IV: The Man Comes Around album. (Source: Time, August 4, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/20/2003 11:12:02 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "If some kid comes up and makes a stupid Chris Carrabba comment, I don't even care. I'll probably punch him in the face." -Jason Gleason, lead singer of Further Seems Forever, talking about the Dashboard Confessional front-man and former FSF lead singer. (Source: Alternative Press, September 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/20/2003 11:10:00 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I'm a weird Christian. I hate church; I think it's really weird and corrupt and bizarre. I'm strictly a Bible guy. Me and God is cool, and church is really, really weird." -Jason Gleason, lead singer of Further Seems Forever. (Source: Alternative Press, September 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/20/2003 11:05:52 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "[Bare midriffs are] out for us. But I just don't like showing my body like that. It's just not me. Honestly, what you see is what you get with us. It's not like, 'Oh, I wish I was wearing a miniskirt to this premiere, but I can't.' I would kill myself if I was in a miniskirt." -Ashley Olsen on modesty, despite a Rollingstone cover that does manage to show some skin. (Source: Rollingstone, September 4, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/20/2003 09:42:36 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I grew up in the Pentecostal church -- you know, the kind where everybody�s running around, jumping and hollering. I really didn�t get anything much out of the church; I just loved singing in front of a bunch of people." -Mary J. Blige, who recently released Love & Life. (Source: Blender, September 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/20/2003 09:39:22 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "The vision was to do more of a Britney Spears pop thing, which was really a void in Christian music. Now that the musical climate is changing and we're hearing from our audience, we're learning what issues they are going through and how their tastes are changing as they get older. That's given us more room to grow. Plus, we've established ourselves a little bit more since we first came out, so I feel like we have more liberty to put more of who we are individually into the music." -Christy Conway, of the Christian pop group ZOEgirl, talking about the group�s new sound. (Source: ChristianityToday.com, August 18, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/20/2003 12:50:05 AM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "Someone has given us money to stick the phrase hail to the thief on walls all around the world. That made me chuckle for ages." -Thom Yorke, Radiohead lead singer, about their new album, Hail to the Thief (Source: Blender, September 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/19/2003 11:20:57 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "God tends to give me lessons very quickly, one on top of the other -- boom, boom, boom, boom, boom." -Brittany Murphy, who starred in 8 Mile with Eminem. (Source: MTV.com) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/19/2003 05:49:26 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I hope God's got a sense of humor. If not, I'm really, really screwed." -Kevin Smith, in the booklet accompanying the special edition DVD of Dogma. ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/14/2003 02:30:27 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "People have this image of me as wholesome, and that's very much who I am. But for some reason, I love to cuss. I don't do it in front of my parents, because they don't like it at all -- my dad says it's not proper for a young lady. But I just love the F word. Isn't that terrible? Every now and then, there's "s@#$," but the F word is the best word ever. That said, I've never cussed anyone out." -Mandy Moore, who starred in the wholesome A Walk to Remember, commenting on #4 in her list of 60 things to do before she turns 30, "Cuss somebody out." (Source: Seventeen, August 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/14/2003 12:20:22 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "You don't have to be half-naked to be successful. Just be talented." -Amy Lee, lead singer of Evanescence (Source: Teen People, September 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/13/2003 11:10:43 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "Some days I would look at my reflection and see garbage, and I guess I was worried about the size of my breasts for a long time. But now I think I have finally reached an age where I have accepted myself for who I am." -Shakira (Source: Blender, March 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- -------- AUTHOR: kevin DATE: 8/13/2003 10:31:18 PM TITLE: CATEGORY: Original Blog ----- BODY: "I'm 55 years old, and I didn't get off scot-free. I have to take medication for the rest of my life because I've done so much neurological damage to my body." -Ozzy Osbourne on the damage drugs have done to his body. (Source: MTV.com, July 8, 2003) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$BlogCommentAuthor$> DATE: <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentBody$> ----- --------