Phyllis Diller Quotes

I had this old wind-up phonograph when I was a kid, and I'd listen to records. And the radio.

Jimmy Iovine, the head of Interscope Records, always throws this amazing post-Grammy party. It's a small gathering, so if you're invited, it's really cool.

I've always been a fan of Nigerian artist D'banj. He's now signed to Kanye West's Good Music label.

We were called The Toilets originally - we were flushed with success.

We've been around long enough and have been to enough award shows to know that it is easy to lose to Phil Collins at any time.

I always thought my records were number one; it's just the charts didn't think so.

I mean it's funny, playing music, how of course you want it to do well, you want them to like it, but it's not competitive like an election, it's the Olympics, it's not a Formula 1 race. The Billboard charts are just to show you what people like.

If I never sang on a record again I can still look at my walls. They are covered floor to ceiling with gold and platinum records from all over the world.

I'm still a very big fan of Fiona Apple.

I didn't have a record player.

One of my favourite things about country music is that, at least until recently, you could always count on a solid story, a punchline and a pun. I think it has that in common with hip hop, where they're not afraid of wordplay and I really appreciate that.

My records don't go platinum or gold. I think they go cedar.

I like to stay home and listen to recordings.

I love pop music. Who doesn't?

It's a pleasure playing your big hit records and it's a real joy to see the audience.

Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards.

I'm a big fan of Katy Perry.

The industry does have some influence on who gets other awards. With the Mercury Prize, they don't. Jon comes from the business, but his heart is still very much in the music. Currently, we have about 12 major names that have said they want to be a part of MUDDA.

It's not just the 'Grammys' that I've pulled out of. I also pulled out of the English awards as well. The reason that I wanted to pull out was because I believe very much that the music industry as a whole is mainly concerned with material success.

One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.

I like Madonna a lot. I think she's really good, and I think she's a good singer.

Ariana Grande - I like her a lot.

I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.

I'm saying One Direction are brilliant! And I'm not kidding. Because their songs are really good.

Collecting records is, for many, beyond a hobby.