If you've got a CD that's not working, just wipe it on your trousers, and if you're not wearing any trousers, put some on

- John Peel

I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones.

- John Peel

There's always the possibility that you're going to come across a record that transforms your life. And it happens weekly. It's like a leaf on the st…

- John Peel

I think a lot of the stuff I'm playing now is crap.

- John Peel

All I ever wanted to do was hear music that I like and play it to other people

- John Peel

All songs are about shagging, you can't deny it

- John Peel

At the heart of anything good there should be a kernel of something undefinable, and if you can define it, or claim to be able to define it, then, in…

- John Peel

Teenage dreams so hard to beat

- John Peel

If the audience are leaving in ambulances, you know you've done a good job

- John Peel