Duran Duran Quotes:

You listen to a piece of music and it will remind you of something - it might make you happy, it might make you sad, but it is very emotive. And I think that Duran Duran have always understood that.

- Nick Rhodes

topic: Thinking, Pieces, Might, Duran Duran

I think pop culture is the greatest subject matter out there - 'Other People's Lives,' as we wrote about on the last Duran Duran album. Most ideas for great songs come from real situations, something your friend said to you the night before, the girl that just left, or something traumatic in your life.

- Nick Rhodes

topic: Girl, Song, Real, Duran Duran

If there is a heaven, Jane Austen is sitting in a small room with Mother Teresa and Princess Diana, listening to Duran Duran, forever. If there's a hell, she's standing.

- Roddy Doyle

source: "Writing Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha" by Roddy Doyle, www.theguardian.com. August 28, 2009.

topic: Mother, Princess, Small Rooms, Duran Duran

I was born to be champion of the world

- Roberto Duran

source: "Duran, Whitaker Head Boxing Hall of Fame" By William Kates, www.foxnews.com. December 7, 2006.

topic: Champion, World, Born, Duran Duran

Were the stars out when I left the house last evening? All I could remember was the couple in the Skyline listening to Duran Duran. Stars? Who remembers stars? Come to think of it, had I even looked up at the sky recently? Had the stars been wiped out of the sky three months ago, I wouldn’t have known.

- Haruki Murakami

source: Haruki Murakami (1993). “Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel”, Vintage

topic: Stars, Couple, Thinking, Duran Duran, Skylines

Getting hit motivates me. It makes me punish the guy more. A fighter takes a punch, hits back with three punches.

- Roberto Duran

topic: Motivational Sports, Boxing, Guy, Duran Duran

I'm not God, but I am something similar.

- Roberto Duran

topic: Sports, Motivational Sports, Duran Duran

This was an era where I was going out every night seeing Sparks, Berlin, Duran Duran, and Split Enz. Amazing acts doing really weird stuff, and I was very open to music and letting it transform me.

- Margaret Cho

source: "Margaret Cho on why Yello’s “Oh Yeah” reminds her of sex clubs and John Hughes". Interview with Drew Fortune, www.avclub.com. March 2, 2016.

topic: Night, Going Out, Splits, Weird Stuff, Duran Duran

I loved Duran Duran's "Girls on Film" - it was really sexy and naughty and totally weird. When you're a kid watching that stuff on television you're like, "Well, we are opening up as a society!"

- Drew Barrymore

source: "Best Coast: Our Deal". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. August 9, 2011.

topic: Girl, Sexy, Kids, Duran Duran

I saw my first gig here actually (Festival Hall in Brisbane) Duran Duran.

- Bernard Fanning

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Festivals, Gigs, Saws, Duran Duran

I'm into classic games like Donkey Kong, and also collect vintage tour t-shirts - everything from Olivia Newton-John to Duran Duran. I've got a Chicago one worth $100.

- Michael Rosenbaum

topic: Vintage, Games, Olivia, Olivia Newton John, Duran Duran

A lot of other bands have tried to go out there and say we've got views on this and views on that. But some of it I've found opportunist. Duran Duran has always been honest about everything. We've always laid everything out.

- Nick Rhodes

source: "Nick Rhodes on Duran Duran's staying power". Interview with Aidin Vaziri, www.sfgate.com. September 25, 2011.

topic: Views, Band, Honest, Duran Duran

I've tried to stay true, in my own fashion, to the ideas of The Sex Pistols, even while I was working with bands like Duran Duran or the Stones, whoever it might be. The thing that was attractive to me personally about videos in the beginning was that it was uncharted territory, and in a sense the record companies didn't know what they were doing.

- Julien Temple

source: Source: www.avclub.com

topic: Fashion, Sex, Ideas, Sex Pistols, Duran Duran