Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson

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

Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson

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

Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson

You either make money, or you make history.

Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson

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

Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson

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

Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson

Factory Records would not have existed and my life would not have been what it was without Joy Division.

Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson

There is no celebrity quite as powerful as the local, homegrown celebrity.

Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson

We had a heroic attitude to artistic freedom, and we thought normal contracts were a bit vulgar - somehow not punk. But that was the whole point - we weren't a regular record label.

Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson

Maybe the worst thing is not caring what people think. That came from my mother. She was the biggest influence on my life.

Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson

I'm going to be the next David Frost.

Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson

Even though the hero of emo is Morrissey, the great song of emo is 'Love Will Tear Us Apart.' An emo soundtrack would introduce Joy Division's music to a whole new generation.

Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson

I had the virtue of wanting to hang out with people who were more talented than me. I can't write songs, I can't perform, I can't design clubs, but I was an enthusiast. My gift was that I said yes to everybody.

Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson

I don't mind the fact that people hate me. Nobody likes anyone who's been on the telly as long as I have.

Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson

I've been a minor celebrity since I was 23 years old.

Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson

I hate English kids rapping - complete crap.

Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson

It's hard to describe how bloody awful music was, how desperately bad it was, how our 1960s heroes had become boring and useless. Not only were they bad - they were badly dressed.

Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson

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

Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson

In the '80s, we played the Roxy and the Whiskey with our bands.

Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson

My public image is none of my business.

Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson

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