“I'll open up a review, and they'll talk about Pete's dick, and I'm like, ‘Awesome. So you're telling me I basically cut off myself from friends, family, and the world at large to have my entire work pared down to Pete's genitals. Awesome." —Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump, on his band’s music being overshadowed by their bassist’s risqué self-portraits [A.V. Club]

"The script seemed very interesting, with lots of excitement thrown in." —Mike Tyson, on a Bollywood project he’s discussing with producer Firoz Nadiadwala [MSN]

“Some have talent and some don't. My message to them is, ‘Don't sweat it.’ Look how lucky I got, and I don't have any talent.” —Jerry Springer, the appropriate new host for America’s Got Talent [TV Guide]

“There's an inherent stupidity to our music, but it celebrates that in an intelligent way.“ —Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme, owning his band's stupidity [MTV]

“I'm the oldest child with two brothers. We used to fight—and when I say 'fight,' I don't mean arguments, I mean physically fight. I hit the older one in his face with a glass bottle… My mom was pretty upset." —Rihanna, about whom we only have nice things to say [Daily News]
—Lindsey Thomas