- Boy George: Bands - I mean, if you think about anyone you - anyone in history that's worth remembering, they all have an image. Elvis Presley, Madonna, Prince, Duran Duran. They were Birmingham's peacocks.
- John Taylor: We were out at dinner with Andy Warhol once and somebody asked Andy, "Well, which do you think is the coolest Vogue?" And at the time, I'd made it as far as Paris Vogue and I was really into Paris Vogue. And he said, "Oh, Italian Vogue. Definitely." And we were like Italian Vogue? Is there one?
- Simon Le Bon: When your record's not as successful as the one before, nobody wants to talk to you. The press don't want to talk to you. The music press aren't interested because there are other things, you know, you can't get on the radio, because, "You're old stuff, man, You're old news. We''ve got new stuff we're playing here on radio one." You sit there in your business manager's office in New York City looking at pictures of all the other acts he's working on and talking about we can do to save this, what can we do to make it work? The first time it happens, it's really scary because you thought it would carry on forever. But, it happens. You get through it. And the next time it happens, it's not so bad. And then the next time it happens, it's not so bad. And then you get the point when you think, "You know what? Let's just relax and do what we do. Do we believe in the music we make? Yes, we do. Can we go in and write new stuff? Have you still got stuff inside you that you want to say? Yes, I have. Yes, we can." And you do it.
- Female Fan: A fuckin' rockin' show, dude. Simon, the way he came into the crowd, I just wanted to lick you all over.
- Simon Le Bon: This one person threw three bras on stage *and* two pairs of knickers. I thought, "She's definitely not wearing any underwear now."
- Nick Rhodes: "Planet Earth" was the energy of rock music and punk - and strong melody. We all loved melodies. Good songs - that was what it was all about.
- Nick Rhodes: To me, all of our albums defined different stages in our career. The first album was our game plan.
- Boy George: Everyone has *that* record. I think "Rio" was *that* record that was the sort of the thing that sealed the deal. I remember the sleeve. You know, I remember hearing the songs for the first time. And I think that "Rio" was the album that sort of established Duran Duran as a global super force. Because, it was like, okay, they can write songs.
- Simon Le Bon: I think living the life was very much a sort of a part of the rock star life style. We were objects of desire.
- John Taylor: He's a poet, Simon, you know. So, he at that time, particularly, he was always writing words. The gold dust of the music business is words on paper. Whatever anybody else will tell you about grooves or notes, it's all about those lyrics.
- Roger Taylor: Nobody was a saint in that band. I mean, why would you be? There's so much being served up, being offered to us. You've got drugs, you've got alcohol, you've got, you know, there's a whole load of things. It's a minefield, really. And even in amongst all of the fraternal kind of fun and games, there was loneliness, as well. So, you know, I don't think anybody relished sleeping alone - if it could be avoided.
- Simon Le Bon: "The Ragged Tiger" is that kind of dirty, but, incredible, charismatic animal that is success.
- Roger Taylor: "Rio" was like a masterstroke. The image on the cover of that album, so perfectly represents the sounds in the music. Whether you're Bowie or Kanye West, it doesn't matter, you're selling a fantasy.
- Simon Le Bon: [referring to the "Hungry Like the Wolf" music video] On first glance, it looks like a guy chasing a girl. It's slightly uncomfortable, actually. But, its us chasing our career, trying to make it happen, and we were so hungry. We would chase and we would grab and we would achieve. And that is what that song is about.
- Simon Le Bon: I actually think we proved the detractors wrong in the last decade. The fact that we're still here - 40 years after we started. That's - that's the real proof.
- Roger Taylor: I don't know what's in the future for us. You know, I just know it will be interesting.
- Andy Taylor: It's like one of those rat wheels, isn't it? And you just - got to be king rat sometimes and say, "Bullocks, I'm jumpin' off."
- John Taylor: The four of us had this extraordinary belief in ourselves, you know. We still believe we've got important music to make. You know and everybody else is going,"They're done!" You know and we have this sense that there's - that's staying together - we've all worked apart from each other - we've all tried that - eh, you know, there's something that we have when we're together that's worth showing up for.
- Simon Le Bon: "Ordinary World" is a song about trying to get over the death of a best friend. And putting it in words freed me. Absolutely. It really worked for me, emotionally and mentally. Everybody who heard it could apply it to something in their life and it meant something to them - but, for a totally different reason. And it became such an important song for us. And I think it only had that power to touch people because it meant so much to me.