We can do the innuendo, we can dance and sing
When it's said and done we haven't told you a thing
We all know that crap is king, give us dirty laundry.

—Don Henley

 

"I don't say I dress sexily on stage — what I do is so extreme. It's meant to make guys think: 'I don't know if this is sexy or just weird.'"

—Lady Gaga

 

"As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag.”

—Patti Smith

 

And Pants became Jetpants when Necro crashed his ATV into a dirt bank in the woods, and his body flew over the handle- bars, legs still bent into sitting position ... And Jetpants became Maverick Jetpants when me and Necro Maverick Jetpantsed out of high school forever.

—Bill Peters (from Maverick Jetpants in the City of Quality)

 

“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.”

—Coco Chanel

 

 

See the connections? Write your guesses in the comments — and feel free to leave your own "pants" quotes — and check in next Wednesday to find the headlines that inspired these pairings.

Images: NYTimes, Jezebel, logotv.com, CBS News, Huffington Post

Answers to last week's installment:

• "The 12 Most Cringe-Worthy Debate Moments in History" (ABC News)
• "Sikhs Bristle at JK Rowling's Hairy Female Character" (Times of India)
• "Kanye West's Second Paris Fashion Show: A Recap" (MTV)
• "Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart Will Promote 'Breaking Dawn'" (YourTango)
• "Arthur O. Sulzberger, Publisher Who Transformed The Times for New Era, Dies at 86" (NYTimes)