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> [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 either, until he decides which one he wants to do.' I entirely accept that. That doesn't…](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/)

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## 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/)

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