Pete Waterman

“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.”

“Everything I touch turns to gold.”

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

“The public are not stupid.”

“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.”

“I laughed, even if I was the butt of the joke.”

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

“What do you do if you've got everything?There's only one thing you can do. More.”

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

“Past is past.”

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

“I think Robbie Williams is an utter and complete prat. His last record was a pile of rubbish.”

“Everybody likes a roller coaster ride.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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