The best quotes of 2011
"I'd love to play Glastonbury. I have heard so many things about what happens there." Rihanna earlier this year
"They used her as bait!" Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders bemoans them not meeting Rihanna at V
"Like getting asked to dance by Robert Pattinson if you're a young girl." Coldplay on being invited to play Glastonbury
"There is a feeling that people have seen it all before." Michael Eavis thinks of shelving the festival
Shameless publicity stunts
Girls Aloud's secrets revealed
Guess the pop silhouette
New bands old music
Classic rock: where are they now?
Worst cover versions
Is music sexist?
Why we love Cliff 
