Douglas Booth Quotes

I was such a fan of Cyndi Lauper and her whole 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' thing.

I know I'd feel emotional if one of my favorite bands was going out.

As a kid, I watched every Madonna documentary and tour. I was obsessed with her - and with any pop star of the '80s.

There's a passion about this because people take it very close to their hearts and they have grown up with James Bond - and so have I. But I was being criticized before I had presented anything, so it was name calling.

You could be Top 5 on iTunes, but for people to buy an album, they've got to have a connection with an artist. Every time I bought someone's album, it was about the connection. I was loving everything, from their raps to their style. I wanted to meet them.

How can you not like Britney Spears?

The song that's affected me the most profoundly is probably Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' or, more specifically, the couple seconds of instrumental break before Vincent Price starts 'rapping.'

I'm a huge Lady GaGa fan - she makes the world a more incredible place.

Michael Jackson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It caused quite a controversy, because his nose isn't eligible for another fifteen years.

I don't care what anybody says about Ringo. I cut my rock-n-roll teeth listening to him.

I wanted to be a rock star. I dreamed of it, and that's all I dreamed of. To be more accurate, I wanted to be a pop star. This was in the late '80s. And mostly, I wanted to be the fifth member of Depeche Mode or Duran Duran.

If it hadn't been for Johnny Cash, I'd probably have been a Nashville songwriter because that's what I had done for almost five years.

At this point, I can almost never see myself saying no to a con or a 'Charmed' reunion, because it's so important to so many people I've already met personally.

Everyone loves Beyonce. If you don't love Beyonce, we can't talk.

I just loved Amy Winehouse. I would rather have managed her than anybody in the world. To me, it was like the first time I saw Janis Joplin.

I started dreaming of becoming a singer after seeing Michael Jackson in the 'Billie Jean' video. The mix of fantastic choreography and amazing music made such a huge impact on the music industry.

Henley's one of my favorite singers. I've maintained a friendship with Don over the years.

There are a handful of music docs I'd love to do, including David Bowie.

I feel just as much a part of 'War Eternal' as I do 'Will to Power.'

I'm a [Bob] Dylan freak, like everybody else.

Any time somebody is into your band that's a good thing. And if they're in a really cool, really popular band, that's a better thing.

I can't draw a line between myself and stuff that I do. It's funny, I don't want to sound like it's just about this, but really with everything I do, it's hard for me to take myself out of it.

My love for those I love -- not many -- not very many, but don't I love them so?

[T]o love a specific person, and to identify with his or her struggles and joys as if they were your own, you have to surrender some of your self.

Each picture with its particular environment and unique personal relationships is a world unto itself - separate and distinct. Picture makers lead dozens of lives - a life for each picture. And, by the same token, they perish a little when each picture is finished and that world comes to an end. In this respect it is a melancholy occupation.