Word: phils
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...tell Shakespeare what plays to write or how to write them. You don't tell Mozart what operas to write or how to write them. And you certainly don't tell Phil Spector what songs to write or how to write them, or what records to produce or how to produce them." - in an statement following the removal of all his work on Celine Dion's 1996 album Falling into You (Vanity Fair, June...
...year and a half after Phil Spector's first murder case ended in a mistrial, the record producer was found guilty on April 13 of the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson. Through months of testimony (and a seemingly never-ending parade of bizarre hairdos and wigs), Spector has maintained his innocence. On May 29 he was sentenced to 19 years in prison. It's only the latest in a lifetime full of spectacular achievements and mind-swimmingly bizarre events...
...fall asleep listening to her breathe. His jealousy was epic. Spector made his estate into a fortress - barbed wire, electric fences - kept a glass-topped coffin in the basement for Ronnie ("so I can keep an eye on her after she's dead") and forced her to take a Phil Spector mannequin with her when she left the house. They eventually divorced. (See pictures of the Ronettes' induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
...Phil, if you're going to kill me, kill me. But don't f___ with me ears. I need them." - John Lennon, after Spector shot one of his many pistols into the ceiling of a studio bathroom after having tied up a drunken, raving Lennon (Vanity Fair, June...
...People call me a genius. Well, Phil Spector is a genius." - Bob Dylan, during a concert (Vanity Fair, June...