"This is Manchester, we do things differently here."
"When forced to pick between truth and legend, print the legend."
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Tony Wilson
Music Producer, Entrepreneur
Tony Wilson was a British television presenter and music industry figure, known for founding Factory Records and promoting the Manchester music scene.
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"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, not the music, not even the guns. That is my heroic flaw: my excess of civic pride."
"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."
"Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does."
"Nothing useless can be truly beautiful."
"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, and I thought we should be taking a taxi. She just said, 'Who cares what people think?' and I remember sitting on that bus, being utterly embarrassed, but knowing somehow that she was totally correct."