Monta ellis

I like it a whole lot better than living in Mississippi. The weather's not too cold or hot, and I don't have to worry about watching my back every five seconds. ... When I got off that plane (last summer), I was just thinking, 'Wow, I really made it out of Mississippi.' That was my first impression.

[Ellis, who lives in France, recorded some of the violin loops at his house.] It was very different to making a normal record, ... There were no boundaries in that respect, and I enjoyed much more than I thought I would. The music had to be very flexible, and as a result it has a very improvised, loose feel. But that's fine. Beethoven and Mozart did not write with films in mind either.

Sometimes there is a bit of hurdle in getting men into a spa, but once they go, they're usually hooked.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.

We spent some money that could have been better utilized elsewhere,