Talk it up: the best quotes from rip it up in 2009 pt. 2

There are four days left in 2009 so that gives us four more days of pointless end of year filler that everyone can't seem to get enough of. Here is the second part of our best quotes of the year in Rip It Up.

“I met Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons before a KISS show. Gene says to me, ‘Wolfmother! Great riffs! Great riffs!’ I was like, ‘Holy shit man!’.”
   - Andrew Stockdale, Wolfmother, issue 1026



“I’m in Milan and we’ve got a day off today. I might go and buy some outlandish fashions. A lovely pair of gloves.”
   - Nick Hodgson, Kaiser Chiefs, issue 1027



“I’m always in the market for new Australian swears and slang. ’Map of Tassie’ has been useful in the vocabulary for me.”
   - Mark Watson, issue 1031



“I spent six months helping to build this spaceship panel for a laser park.”
   - Bertie Blackman, issue 1036



“I had no complaints about the camel on our album cover except for the occasional huge urine discharge.”
   - John Stirratt, Wilco, issue 1051



“The night before Heath Ledger died we were on iChat and he was discussing me sending him music for the Terry Gilliam film.”
   - Emily Haines, Metric, issue 1054



“I’m not a fan of 1900 Dial A Psychic and things like this.”
   - John Edward, issue 1060



“I like to knit objects. I knitted a hamburger on my last tour and I don’t know what to do with it.”
   - Martina Sorbara, Dragonette, issue 1062



“There’s something about looking like a rock star and singing about death and boobs that appeals to me.”
   - Tim Minchin, issue 1061



“Joaquin Phoenix’s rap stuff is so uncomfortable to watch, but his interview with David Letterman is one of the best interviews I’ve seen in years.”
   - Jenny Lewis, issue 1027

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