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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A person that doesn't know their worth will never know yours. Therefore, the longer you hang onto hope that they will finally see your worth is the moment you start to depreciate in value.

Do not listen to everything you hear, and do not believe everything you listen to.

I love being alone when I Know Somebody make you smile.

You can not hide on an island and expect that water will not find you.

I hate to lose and even as an amateur I won every tournament I was in.

What thou avoidest suffering thyself seek not to impose on others.

the temperaments of children are often as oddly unsuited to parents as if capricious fairies had been filling cradles with changelings.

You can't trust the 'specials' like the old time 'coppers' When you can't find your way home.

A girl doesn't need a guy in her life in order to act like a complete idiot. Certainly I, at least, never have.

I love the interrelatedness of things.