--- title: "2 Biography Quotes By Tony Wilson" description: "2 Biography quotes by Tony Wilson. Plus more from Tony Wilson and more Biography sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e2/tony-wilson-18124_biography_pong-had-mutated-into-large-stand-up-seg_128445.png" --- > [“Pong had mutated into large stand-up Sega consoles by '82 and here was some extra revenue the guys were well up for. So the space on the left of the entrance was to be the games room. Until two weeks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wilson/pong-had-mutated-into-large-stand-up-sega-consoles-by-82-and-here-was/) [Tony Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e2/tony-wilson-18124_biography_pong-had-mutated-into-large-stand-up-seg_128445.png) > [“Honouring the youth of their town they provided a décor that a £20-a-Martini fleecing parlour could not have amortized. They had bought eighty low Alvar Aalto stools for the alcove and coctail bar seating. Also, twenty tall numbers in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wilson/honouring-the-youth-of-their-town-they-provided-a-d-cor-that-a-20-a/) [Tony Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09d/tony-wilson-18124_biography_honouring-the-youth-of-their-town-they-p_1043354.jpg) ## Other authors on Biography - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-caleb-deschanel-20625.jpg) Beth Kempton 29 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biography/beth-kempton/) - [Mike Jay 20 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biography/mike-jay/) - [Trevor Noah 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biography/trevor-noah/) - [Aiden Shaw 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biography/aiden-shaw/) - [Ronald Kessler 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biography/ronald-kessler/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biography/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ## More by Tony Wilson > [“Pong had mutated into large stand-up Sega consoles by '82 and here was some extra revenue the guys were well up for. So the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wilson/pong-had-mutated-into-large-stand-up-sega-consoles-by-82-and-here-was/) [Tony Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wilson/) > [I'm going to be the next David Frost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wilson/i-m-going-to-be-the-next-david-frost/) [Tony Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wilson/) > [That came from my mother. She was the biggest influence on my life. I remember once refusing to get on a bus with her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wilson/that-came-from-my-mother-she-was-the-biggest-influence-on-my-life-i/) [Tony Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wilson/) > [When forced to pick between truth and legend, print the legend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wilson/when-forced-to-pick-between-truth-and-legend-print-the-legend/) [Tony Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wilson/) > [I hate English kids rapping - complete crap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wilson/i-hate-english-kids-rapping-complete-crap/) [Tony Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wilson/) > [“soothing seemed to work and soon the grunts petered away in to the rhythmic rasping of animal slumber. To keep the camel calm, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wilson/soothing-seemed-to-work-and-soon-the-grunts-petered-away-in-to-the/) [Tony Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wilson/most-of-all-i-love-manchester-the-crumbling-warehouses-the-railway/) [Tony Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wilson/) > [You don't know reality until someone makes a fiction of it. Reality needs the completion of fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wilson/you-don-t-know-reality-until-someone-makes-a-fiction-of-it-reality/) [Tony Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wilson/) > [In the '80s, we played the Roxy and the Whiskey with our bands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wilson/in-the-80s-we-played-the-roxy-and-the-whiskey-with-our-bands/) [Tony Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wilson/) > [“Honouring the youth of their town they provided a décor that a £20-a-Martini fleecing parlour could not have amortized. They had bought eighty low…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wilson/honouring-the-youth-of-their-town-they-provided-a-d-cor-that-a-20-a/) [Tony Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wilson/) > [I'm a minor player in my own life story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wilson/i-m-a-minor-player-in-my-own-life-story/) [Tony Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wilson/) > [I am very much an only child, meaning I am self-reliant, egocentric, sociable. I had my mother, father, and an uncle who lived with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wilson/i-am-very-much-an-only-child-meaning-i-am-self-reliant-egocentric/) [Tony Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wilson/) > [I am not a piece of hash. I'm in charge of Factory Records. I think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wilson/i-am-not-a-piece-of-hash-i-m-in-charge-of-factory-records-i-think/) [Tony Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wilson/) > [There is no celebrity quite as powerful as the local, homegrown celebrity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wilson/there-is-no-celebrity-quite-as-powerful-as-the-local-homegrown/) [Tony Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wilson/) > [Richard Branson once said: 'Tony's very good at selling bands and he's very good at making television programmes. But he'll never be great at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wilson/richard-branson-once-said-tony-s-very-good-at-selling-bands-and-he-s/) [Tony Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wilson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biography/tony-wilson/#itemlist", "name": "2 Biography Quotes By Tony Wilson", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Pong had mutated into large stand-up Sega consoles by '82 and here was some extra revenue the guys were well up for. So the space on the left of the entrance was to be the games room. Until two weeks to opening. \"Where's the cloakroom?\" \"The what?\" \"The cloakroom, the fucking cloakroom.\" \"What's your problem?\" \"We don't have a cloakroom. 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