Famous past words: What music stars said

Newsday's Glenn Gamboa has interviewed many of pop music's biggest names in the pages of FanFare. Here's a look at what five stars had to say:

"I just sometimes think it's kind of lame when someone places a label on someone as being a role model. Because when I go onstage, I do my thing, and I perform. And that's my time to express myself. But when I come off, I trip and I burp and I fart just like everybody else." -- BRITNEY SPEARS (Nov. 4, 2001)

"Elvis, he didn't mean ---- to me. I mean, he did, as an artist, but that iconism? That didn't mean a damn thing to me. My heroes came from someone else. My heroes came before him. My heroes were probably his heroes. As far as Elvis being "The King," I couldn't buy that." -- CHUCK D (Aug. 11, 2002)

"Because for some reason the tabloids have grabbed a hold of me in the past year, it becomes a little annoying -- the fact that people just want to ask personal questions. I'm kinda, like, 'Hey, I've got a record coming out, too.'I mean I get it. I understand that that's just something that comes along with it, and I'm cool with it, but I'm human like anyone else." -- JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE (Nov. 3, 2002)

"I'm very involved with everything -- all the performances, the ideas, the concepts, the videos, the editing of the videos, the costumes. I've accomplished so many other things that people don't really like to acknowledge. It is frustrating at times. But I think once you see me live, you really have no choice but to respect me as a true artist." -- BEYONCÉ (March 21, 2004)

"We don't have a lot of blowup balloons or floating pigs or laser lights going on. We're hoping to make music the basis of what the show is going to be. It's all about the music. I'm fairly static onstage. I'm locked into a piano. I can't be jumping around like Mick Jagger or Bono running all over the place. And even if I could, at my age, I can't run like I used to. Hopefully, the music will speak to that." -- BILLY JOEL (July 13, 2008)