Tony Wilson Quotes

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• Every band needs it's own special chemistry. And Bez was a very good chemist.
• Nothing useless can be truly beautiful.
• I've been a minor celebrity since I was 23 years old,
• When forced to pick between truth and legend, print the legend.
• There is no celebrity quite as powerful as the local, homegrown celebrity.
• The special relationship between the region and a regional celebrity means that people feel that they have a special investment in you.
• 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…
• This is Manchester, we do things differently here
• 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…
• I’ll just say one word: Icarus. If you get it, great. If you don’t, that’s fine too. But you should probably read more.
• Energy, energy? Energy is, is, it's nothing more than a lot of new age hokum masquerading as religion.
• 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.

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