Tony Wilson famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

This is Manchester, we do things differently here
-- Tony Wilson
Most of all, I love Manchester. The crumbling warehouses, the railway arches, the cheap abundant drugs. That's what did it in the end. Not the money, not the music, not even the guns. That is my heroic flaw: my excess of civic pride.
-- Tony Wilson

#Pride #Gun #Drug
Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.
-- Tony Wilson

#Listening #Lasts #Musician
Nothing useless can be truly beautiful.
-- Tony Wilson

#Beautiful #Useless
That came from my mother. She was the biggest influence on my life. I remember once refusing to get on a bus with her because she was wearing a mink, and I thought we should be taking a taxi. She just said, 'Who cares what people think?' and I remember sitting on that bus, being utterly embarrassed, but knowing somehow that she was totally correct.
-- Tony Wilson

#Mother #Thinking #Knowing
I've been a minor celebrity since I was 23 years old,
-- Tony Wilson

#Years #Minors
I am not a piece of hash. I'm in charge of Factory Records. I think.
-- Tony Wilson

#Thinking #Pieces #Records
Energy, energy? Energy is, is, it's nothing more than a lot of new age hokum masquerading as religion.
-- Tony Wilson

#Religion #Age #Energy
Iâ€™ll just say one word: Icarus. If you get it, great. If you donâ€™t, thatâ€™s fine too. But you should probably read more.
-- Tony Wilson

#Fine #Should #Icarus
Every band needs it's own special chemistry. And Bez was a very good chemist.
-- Tony Wilson

#Special #Band #Needs
The special relationship between the region and a regional celebrity means that people feel that they have a special investment in you.
-- Tony Wilson

#Mean #People #Special
There is no celebrity quite as powerful as the local, homegrown celebrity.
-- Tony Wilson

#Powerful #Homegrown
When forced to pick between truth and legend, print the legend.
-- Tony Wilson

#Legends #Print
I'm a minor player in my own life story.
-- Tony Wilson

#Player #Stories #Life Story

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