Quotes by Tony Wilson

And tonight something equally epoch-making is taking place. See? They're applauding the DJ. Not the music, not the musician, not the creator, but the medium. This is it. The birth of rave culture. The beatification of the beat. The dance age. This is the moment when even the white man starts dancing. Welcome to Manchester.

Energy, energy? Energy is, is, it's nothing more than a lot of new age hokum masquerading as religion.

Every band needs it's own special chemistry. And Bez was a very good chemist.

Factory Records are not actually a company. We are an experiment in human nature. You're labouring under the misapprehension that we actually have a deal with, er, with our, our bands. That we have any kind of a contract, er, at all, and I'm afraid we, er, we don't because that's, er, that's the sum total of the paperwork to do with Factory Records, deal with, er, their various bands.

I am not a piece of hash. I'm in charge of Factory Records. I think.

I'm a minor player in my own life story.

Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.

This scene didn't actually make it to the final cut. I'm sure it'll be on the DVD.

The special relationship between the region and a regional celebrity means that people feel that they have a special investment in you.