Quotes by Pete Waterman

• The public are not stupid.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Reality TV finds talented people. There are no scripts. The editing is what it's all about. Great editing makes those shows.
• Past is past.
• It is dishonest the way that people suddenly think they've found guitars, and wear their guitar as a badge.
• If you're rude for television's sake, it ain't reality TV.
• There's a certain edge about cruelty. If you're honest about it, most people wince, but say it had to be said.
• I thought if Oasis could get away with sounding like The Beatles, I could get away with sounding like Abba.
• I think that's where reality TV works - you don't know where it's going.
• I think Robbie Williams is an utter and complete prat. His last record was a pile of rubbish.
• I laughed, even if I was the butt of the joke.
• I don't mind losing, but I don't like losing to cheats.
• Give the public what they want. What you want is unimportant.
• Everything I touch turns to gold.
• Everybody likes a roller coaster ride.
• 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 was very cheap - that's the way I'd always worked.