Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.

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.

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.

hndoera kindyour life is a ticking of a clock when that clock stops ur life stops

We remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. We are and forever will be the United States of America.

I really believe that a writer is someone who has trained their mind to misbehave

When you meet someone for the first time instead of asking them what they do, you should ask them what they've always wanted to do. This conversation will be much more interesting.

I couldn't remember ordinary moments, only the ones that had made an impression. Ordinary moments were the ones that fell away first.

Up-and-coming musicians can easily reach out and find a loving teacher, and that's definitely what happened to me.

Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not.

Most people's goals are too low and too slow.

I'm real comfortable around people, and it took a long time for me to evolve to that point.

I aim to make music for the dancefloor