Platinum Quotations

The iPod has taken away the whole platinum record sales prospect. Sincerity and specificity are going to be the hot commodities in music. Everybody can have anything that they want, so now it gets into what specifically you have to give.

I was once in a very, very bad car accident. So my drawing arm is full of pins and platinum stuff. Occasionally it hurts. But I found that after the arm was put back together I could draw better than before. I have no idea why.

'Rapper's Delight' was done in 17 minutes. Just one take, no mistakes, and it went to press from there. The record went platinum in 8 days.

I'm a bombshell, so I'm going to do me. If I want to go platinum, I'm going platinum.

Hairdressers call me dark blonde, but I think they're wrong. I feel far more naturally confident blonde. My mum's blonde, my sister's platinum blonde. I thought, 'When I grow up, that's what I'm going to look like.'

All the Junos, the Grammy nominations, the gold and platinum records, did nothing to assuage my conviction that I was an out-and-out loser.

My music is very innovative, in a class by itself. Nobody else is saying anything of value. What I'm trying to do is get people to think, to alter their consciousness. It's not your typical platinum formula for success.

My goal is really to continue to make music. I really don't make music to have platinum records and all that kind of stuff. I've been there. I do it because I love music, and I love uplifting people through my music. That's my real goal.

I can't immediately get all this coverage when my record comes out. The way I sell gold and platinum records is by being on the road.

On my wedding day, I gifted my wife a platinum ring.

It's kind of like a college degree... when you get one, no one can take it from you. When you get to say for the rest of your life that you've got a platinum album, that really means something.

I wanted to sell a million records, and I sold a million records. I wanted to go platinum; I went platinum. I've been working nonstop since I was 15. I don't even know how to chill out.

There's not a platinum record hanging in my house anywhere. It doesn't exist here. I'm over it. They're all in the garage, wrapped up in bubblewrap.

We believe that new-year allocations towards commodities will keep platinum and palladium firm in the near term and see platinum at $1,100/oz and palladium at $300/oz over one month, although we suspect that profit taking will set in at some stage and see both metals lower to $1,050/oz and $270/oz in three months.

We are seeing a lot of non-traditional investors in commodities, such as mutual funds and pension funds, becoming interested in commodities such as platinum because they want to diversify their portfolios.

We're fortunate that we've been able to build a fan base brick by brick. We never got the gold or platinum record. But through touring and just putting out music our fan base has gotten stronger and stronger to where it's sustaining (itself) without that big pop hit.

The outlook for platinum is fairly positive. The funds aggressively sold off positions toward the end of last year and could add positions in platinum again and take the metal over $1,000/oz.

Fund players have featured heavily on the bid across the day, taking platinum and silver as well most of the base complex to fresh highs today.

Fundamentally, the picture for platinum is still good. We have got strong demand from the auto sector and elsewhere.

Hair color is more natural, with real looks. Soft, feminine, truer reds and blondes without stop-sign red or platinum white.

Gold, silver and platinum started the week off on positive footing with continued excitement in the silver markets regarding the proposed silver ETF in the United States.

I think it got ahead of itself especially gold and platinum stocks and profit taking was not unexpected.

Palladium and platinum are incredibly robust. There are questions about Russia's deliveries -- no one knows what Russia means.

Platinum still looks a little shaky short-term and has the potential to dip to the 100-day moving average at $935/oz, while palladium could fall back to the $220/oz area.

Platinum should continue to find support ahead of $940/oz with the metals supply deficit and strong industrial demand continuing to provide strong support while palladium is currently finding support at $240/oz with strong chart support pegged at $220/oz.

Platinum looks set to stay firm. There is a shortage of supply to meet demand as suppliers have run late with developments and demand has surged.

Platinum is so popular because women always want what their mothers didn't have. They grew up seeing their moms with gold bands so the white metals became very popular.

Platinum has been much more resilient than we expected,

Platinum for me signifies everlasting love, which needs to be celebrated in the most special way.

My own belief is that many people don't believe that there can be gold and platinum in this environment. So they just assume that anyone who says it is there is telling a lie,

I would imagine that's because it's the look of platinum but the price of gold." ()

Most credit cards provide some sort of protection against a defective purchase, and with gold or platinum cards, you'll often get double the manufacturer's warranty. You're also not immediately out your own money if something goes wrong.

When I received the platinum record for 'Coyote Ugly,' I sent it to James because if it wasn't for him, none of this would have happened, ... So I gave him my first one and said, 'Hey, this was for you and I and what we did.' It was just wonderful. It's exciting to see your names as the credits roll by because you're from El Paso and you never think you're going to accomplish so much. I lived in New York for years, and I still had that mentality.

We're excited to have two more SONY BMG artists achieve Platinum and Gold milestones on Sprint, ... The success we've seen with Music Tones on Sprint is a great indication that the market for mobile music is continuing to gain momentum.

The PGA of America is proud to recognize Callaway Golf as a Platinum Sponsor for its commitment and support in a wide array of programs for PGA Professionals. Callaway Golf's sponsorship covers tournaments and programs in all three phases of a PGA Professional's career, from conferences for PGM University students to tournaments such as the national Callaway Senior PGA Club Professional Championship to Golf Retirement Plus to PGA Life Member tournament activities.

The platinum group metals remain well below their recent peaks.

But the other factor is that we have indications that Chinese demand for platinum is recovering despite prices being stable between $845 and $880.

Both platinum and rhodium remain at or near the highs for this rally and are benefiting from broader metals interest and, in the case of rhodium, apparent genuine shortages.

When I was promoted to publisher in 2002, we became a Platinum Level Sponsor.

It would be impossible to duplicate The Platinum Collection. It's a gem from a world that no longer exists -- except in our imaginations.

The strength in platinum prices reflects two key factors: the broad enthusiasm for commodities by investors and speculators, and the continued tight industry fundamentals.

The strengthening trend is very much intact. I'd be very reluctant to buck the trend. It's very much driven by the commodities, with platinum approaching $1,000.

Prices are being driven up by hedge funds, which are buying platinum because its fundamentals are looking good. Platinum has been in deficit for the past six years, and it's expected it will be in deficit this year.

The budget on the film was $9.5 million and we grossed the budget the first night. This is the first Platinum Dunes (film) Michael Bay has done (in his production deal at New Line) and he delivered in spectacular fashion. And the marketing was terrific.

A weaker yen, and platinum futures prices trading above Yen 4,000/g, made the commodity 'very safe' to invest, in addition to the bullish sentiment felt across the metal futures complex with speculative funds.

There's been a lot of selling and profit taking across all asset classes, actually. Oil is weaker, gold, silver, platinum and palladium are weaker, and base metals are weaker. It's just fed on itself.

It wasn't very good at storing data because of the large page size. With the Platinum products, they had an array of different page sizes.

It's quite encouraging to see that platinum is holding up above the $1,000/oz level. Where to from here? We expect it to track gold.

Impressive gains are seen in platinum and palladium, which are rising strongly above their recent ranges.

Impala is higher ahead of expected good results due in February, gains in other platinum stocks and the higher platinum price, coupled with the weaker rand.

By assuming control of Platinum before the expiration of the required waiting period while the Justice Department was investigating the legality of the proposed acquisition, Computer Associates failed to obey the law.

George Huff hasn't gone platinum or anything yet.

I'm not anti single. I'm not one of them niggas that say "Aww record sales ain't everything." No. I wanna sell good. I would love a platinum record on radio and charts.

Platinum is a lot of things: it's hair, it's diamonds and platinum

The underlying fundamentals for both gold and platinum remain strong, which should keep prices relatively buoyant.

The gold price is still up there and platinum is still trading above $1,000. That still points to a stronger rand. We could see a sharp weakening in the rand if the commodity prices lose steam.

American women shoot the hippopotamus with eyebrows made of platinum

A plaque and platinum status is whack if I'm not the baddest.