Go Ahead Quote Me

Singer Adele.
Musician Carrie Brownstein.
Actress Tina Fey.

I was sobbing all over her, oh my God. I don't really like crying in front of famous people because it's awkward and it can make them feel really uncomfortable. But I couldn't contain myself.

SINGER ADELE on meeting Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks


I don't want to be famous. I wanted to be that solidity for someone else, in the same way that when I was young, I was able to project my desires and insecurities and uncertainties and need for belonging onto someone else.

MUSICIAN CARRIE BROWNSTEIN


He read poetry and history and newspapers. He was an informed patriot. The Republican Party should have tried to clone him.

ACTRESS TINA FEY paying tribute to her late father, writer Donald Fey

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 02, 2015, with the headline Go Ahead Quote Me. Subscribe