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

- Tony Wilson

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,…

- Tony Wilson

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,…

- Tony Wilson

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.

- Tony Wilson

This is Manchester, we do things differently here.

- Tony Wilson

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

- Tony Wilson

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

- Tony Wilson

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

- 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