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.
Tony WilsonEnergy, energy? Energy is, is, it's nothing more than a lot of new age hokum masquerading as religion.
Tony WilsonJazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.
Tony WilsonMost 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.
Tony Wilson