I'm not going to say that every record I've put out was the greatest record in history, but I'd stand by even the bad ones. Don't make excuses, make hits.

It is dishonest the way that people suddenly think they've found guitars, and wear their guitar as a badge.

Give the public what they want. What you want is unimportant.

There's a certain edge about cruelty. If you're honest about it, most people wince, but say it had to be said.

Spin Me Round was number one all over the world, everywhere. It changed the face of pop music, no question. We took technology further than Trevor Horn.

Reality TV is here, it's been here really since the Carol Levis Discovery Show in 1957. It's never changed. It just looks a bit different.

The public are not stupid.