I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on gut feeling, especially if I can see that they are taking the mickey out of the consumer.

The time to go into a new business is when it’s badly run by others.

The extraordinary thing about the record industry is how success can take off without warning.

Loyal employees in any company create loyal customers, who in turn create happy shareholders.

When you are making a decision about how best to serve your customers, your own experience is often a better guide than a more sophisticated analysis of the market.

Successful entrepreneurs don't wait for the perfect moment - they create it

It is the satisfaction of doing it for yourself and motivating others to work with you in bringing it about. It is about the fun, innovation, creativity with the rewards being far greater than purely financial.