"The last time we played Detroit at the Magic Stick, I stumbled upon a used record store where I bought a record that still hangs in the middle of my kitchen wall today." – Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls, Nov. 27
"I definitely think that I have a penis somewhere inside me. And not in the good way." – Chelsea Handler, Aug. 7
"In the end, it's really about a brother and a sister and a father and a son, and the fame stuff aside – the celebrity things aside – those were the things that were important to me, and I think I might've pissed off a couple of gays." – Christopher Ciccone, Sept. 11
"I kind of sang it ('True Colors') because I was heartbroken, and it was a healing song. And I sang it for my friend who had passed away and who wanted me to sing a song like 'That's What Friends Are For.' It was sung for him – and now there's a tour. It all came to mean so much." – Cyndi Lauper, June 5
"It's a measure of how far we've come, and also a measure of how far we haven't come. We're still fighting the same fight in the same place." – native actor Denis O'Hare on "Milk," Nov. 20
"When Angelina Jolie walks into the room, everybody wants to kiss her. Even if you're a woman, the song is about the undeniable beauty of a woman and how … some times it's innocent to even have that one feeling." – Katy Perry on chart-topping "I Kissed a Girl," July 10
"I'm not hot at all. I'm like the most – I don't know – boring, down-to-earth person. There's really nothing sex symbol-y about me." – Leisha Hailey of "The L Word," Oct. 30
"I don't come here very often – so, please, make a big deal out of it." – Madonna, at her first Michigan show since 2001
"It's what I do." – Mary J. Blige on how she dances in high-heeled boots, Jan. 17
"Hey, bring 'em on!" – Ashley Roberts of the Pussycat Dolls, Sept. 25
"I liked sex right away. And, I mean, why not get paid to do something you're doing anyways?" – local porn star RJ Danvers, Oct. 16
"It's cuckoo to me that it's against the law for homosexuals to be married; that to me is against the Constitution. I can't believe that people in the Supreme Court, who are supposed to be the wisest of all of us – it's just like slavery; it's the same thing." – Sigourney Weaver while shooting "Prayers for Bobby" in metro Detroit, June 26
"I think that anything that's freeing is good for the audience. Anything that's stepping on a taboo is good for the audience, because culture always follows art." – Rue McClanahan, July 17
"It's hard enough to grow up in America and live up to all the sort of imaging that our culture has on us," he says, reflecting on his small-town Iowa upbringing, "and to be different in any way is sort of a burden." – "Lost"'s Michael Emerson, Nov. 13
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