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I’m a singer, it doesn’t matter how many teeth you got. - Actually, it’s probably easier to sing without teeth.” Shane MacGowan finds the benefit in having a set of teeth modelled on the skyline of Croatia. • ■ When you do a split, do you bang your testicles on the floor?” Stuttering John of The Howard ’ Stern Radio Show introduces himself to James Brown. • “All I know is, you call ' yourself Garbage, you’re going to start hanging out with garbage. The next thing you know, you’ll be garbage.” . Garbage man Duke Erikson’ mother fails to be impressed by her son’s achievements. • “They offered £130,000 — £65,000 an inch.” Ousted Take That-er Robbie Williams on being asked to • bear his everything for a women’s magazine. • •»■ “I’ve been really into Bjork lately. Bjork is God. Bjork is total undisputed God.” k.d. lang loves Bjork. • “I’ve got a chip on my shoulder big enough for the whole world to eat off.” Richard Ashcroft of the (now defunct) Verve gets generous. • “It’s something that all of us are influenced by, but no-one wants to acknowledge.” Blur’s -Damon> Albarn • acknowl- . edges his debt to 70s porn films.