Pete Waterman Quotes

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.

Everybody likes a roller coaster ride.

Reality TV finds talented people. There are no scripts. The editing is what it's all about. Great editing makes those shows.

I thought if Oasis could get away with sounding like The Beatles, I could get away with sounding like Abba.

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

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

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.

Certainly in the modern age where everything is glossed over, when somebody speaks their mind, the majority of the public go, I'd love to have said that.

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.

I think that's where reality TV works - you don't know where it's going.

I don't mind losing, but I don't like losing to cheats.

The public are not stupid.

I was very cheap - that's the way I'd always worked.

If you're rude for television's sake, it ain't reality TV.

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

Everything I touch turns to gold.

The public are always right... but I think they've got it wrong tonight