Daily Front Row

2012 February 6

Karl's Quotes

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Karl with Princess Caroline of Monaco in December.
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You can always count on The Kaiser for a good soundbite, and he really delivers the goods in an interview with Metro out today. Here are a few nuggets from Mr. Lagerfeld. 

"I think [Queen Elizabeth] looks very good in her recent photos even better than a few years ago –beautiful, a bit like Queen Mary." -on Queen Elizabeth

"I prefer Adele and Florence Welch. But as a modern singer she is not bad. The thing at the moment is Adele. She is a little too fat, but she has a beautiful face and a divine voice. Lana del Rey is not bad at all. She looks very much like a modern-time singer." -on Lana del Rey

"If I was a woman in Russia I would be a lesbian, as the men are very ugly. There are a few handsome ones, like Naomi Campbell's boyfriend, but there you see the most beautiful women and the most horrible men." -on women in Russia

"I never voted in my life. I will never vote. I know too much about politics from what's going on backstage. To vote you have to believe all that garbage that they promise you, and they can't keep those promises. If someone gave me an Obama pin, I would just put it on." on voting and President Obama

"Nowadays people give the middle finger quite quickly – it's not the best behavior. Everybody does that, what's new about that? It's just become a bad habit. People in magazines are 50% bimbo and 50% pregnant women." - on the finger and what you see in magazines today.