My wife Elizabeth and I started The Really Terrible Orchestra for people like us who are pretty hopeless musicians who would like to play in an orchestra. It has been a great success. We give performances weve become the most famous bad orchestra in the world. – Alexander McCall Smith

The whole American Idol way of looking at things is the antithesis of what I grew up with. There are a whole lot of kids wanting to be famous now, whereas if Id even mentioned that word to one of my teachers, I would have got into a whole load of trouble. – Harry Connick, Jr.

I worked at a hot dog place, a bagel place, the Jersey Store and the hottest fashion joint around. I was getting too famous to work there anymore. I was almost showing up as a joke. I made $2,000 on my show the previous night and Im going to go shopping during my five-hour shift. – Wale