Pete Doherty has said that Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand plagiarised a Ringo Starr track on their massive 2004 hit 'Take Me Out', though it seems the former Libertine may have been making a backhanded compliment. Doherty said: "'Take Me Out's' Ringo Starr, isn't it? It's exactly the same riff ... what was it Oscar Wilde said? Amateurs borrow but geniuses steal."
Actually, CMU's resident literary expert questions whether Wilde ever did actually say that: " I know for a fact that TS Eliot said "Immature poets imitate, mature poets steal". And I'm pretty sure that Stravinsky said "Amateurs borrow. Professionals steal". But I don't think Oscar Wilde said that. Of course, I may be wrong. It's doubtful, though".