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Potent Quotables: Green Day Embrace Age

"I want to dig into who I am and what I'm feeling at this moment -- which is middle-aged." --Billie Joe Armstrong Green Day gave Rolling Stone some hints as to what fans can expect from the band's follow-up to 2004's 'American Idiot.' Next Quote ...

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Potent Quotables: Mick Jagger Fears for Winehouse

"I could have ended up like Amy years ago. But ... I realized I didn't want to die young." --Mick Jagger The formerly embattled Jagger told The Sun he fears for troubled singer Amy Winehouse. She was scheduled to open dates for the Rolling Stones, but pulled out in August for a brief stint in rehab. Next Quote ...

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Sharon Osbourne Says Courtney Love Is a 'Virus'

Two of music's most outspoken women just keep on throwing punches at each other. Courtney Love vehemently denies Sharon Osbourne's claims that she introduced Osbourne's son, Jack, to OxyContin. "I never did that. I would never give drugs to a teenager. F--- you, Sharon -- as if I would ever give drugs to a teenager," Love said last week in London. ...

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Radiohead Countdown Site a Hoax

A Radiohead rep has confirmed the cryptic countdown website that fans have been buzzing about has "nothing to do with Radiohead." Fans were already skeptical of the site, radioheadlp7.com, that featured a large countdown clock scheduled to run out tomorrow morning. Details of the new, long-waited Radiohead album were thought to be at the end of the ...

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Potent Quotables: Dave Matthews Shows Age

"I wouldn't jump off quite as tall a precipice as I may have in my younger years, but that's just my knees talking." -- Dave Matthews The jam band leader on turning 40 to RollingStone.com. Then again, Bruce Springsteen still slides across the stage and does acrobatics off the mic stand. Just sayin.' Next Quote ...

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IFLTS: 'Shine,' David Gray

'Shine,' David Gray From 1993's 'A Century Ends' My husband and I have a long-running argument about the meaning behind this beautiful song by David Gray. (And you're welcome to listen and write in to agree with me -- because I'm right.) He thinks this song is about a couple breaking up so that the singer can go off and become famous. I believe ...

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IFLTS: 'Airline to Heaven,' Wilco

'Airline to Heaven,' Wilco From 2000's 'Mermaid Ave., Vol II" One listen to Wilco's 'Airline to Heaven' will render any listener joyful. It's a four-minute flight that soars on uplifting melodies, a toe-tapping beat and a wild slide guitar. Despite the melancholy lyrics (the airline mentioned is likely of the "one-way" variety), it's a song I go ...

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