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Rip It Up, Issue 217, 1 September 1995, Page 2

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"I think in the music business you get taken seriously if you have a guitar. Take Prince: He can mince around stage in heels and polka-dot panties, but people take him seriously because he's got a guitar. I must get one." BOY GEORGE wants to be taken seriously. "The big print giveth and the small print taketh away." TOM WAITS on recording contracts. "You learn to apologise a lot when you're in a relationship — whether you're wrong or not. I learned that from marriage and going to therapy." TOM ARNOLD'S new found wisdom. "I think he's gone berserk. He's lost his mind — if he ever had one to begin with." ROSEANNE counters TOM ARNOLD'S stories of their sexcapades, "The history of pop stars trying to become credible is littered with Kylie Minogues." PET SHOP BOY singer NEIL TENNANT on ROBBIE WILLIAMS leaving TAKE THAT. ■ . ■ "My new lyrics are less deep because I am less deep." BERNARD SUMNER on his post-NEW ORDER project ELECTRONIC. "If we got any closer we'd be inside each other." MICHAEL STIPE denies that recent illnesses have brought the band together. "Some people call it modern rock. Some people call it alternative. We call it dinner music." USA fast food chain TACO BELL embraces grunge. "Did I miss Mark? Yeah, in some ways. It's hard to let go when you're used to being with someone 24 hours a day. I just filled up my hole with other things." THE FALL'S BRIX tells how she coped with her divorce from MARK E SMITH.. and subsequent split from THE FALL. NB: Although Brix recently rejoined the Fall, Smith is still not filling up her hole. "The other guys stay at home and practice signing their signature in front of the mirror, so they'll be a lot quicker than me." SHIHAD's PHIL KNIGHT, when given a mammoth stack of the bands album covers to autograph, 2