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

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

This is Manchester, we do things differently here..

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..

If you live in Birmingham, then being awake is not necessarily a desirable state..

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 money,….

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 she was wearing a mink,….

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

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

When forced to pick between truth and legend, print the legend..

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

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

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

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

Nothing useless can be truly beautiful..