British - Journalist | February 20, 1950 - August 10, 2007
I'm a minor player in my own life story.
Tony Wilson
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Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.
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Energy, energy? Energy is, is, it's nothing more than a lot of new age hokum masquerading as religion.
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Every band needs it's own special chemistry. And Bez was a very good chemist.
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I am not a piece of hash. I'm in charge of Factory Records. I think.
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I've been a minor celebrity since I was 23 years old.
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There is no celebrity quite as powerful as the local, homegrown celebrity.
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The special relationship between the region and a regional celebrity means that people feel that they have a special investment in you.
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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 matter to me very much. I like the irony of the two lives.
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