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

- 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.

- Pete Waterman

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.

- Pete Waterman

The public are not stupid.

- Pete Waterman

Past is past.

- Pete Waterman

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

- Pete Waterman

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

- Pete Waterman

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

- Pete Waterman

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

- Pete Waterman

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

- Pete Waterman

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

- Pete Waterman

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.

- Pete Waterman

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

- Pete Waterman

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.

- Pete Waterman

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

- Pete Waterman

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

- Pete Waterman

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

- Pete Waterman

Everything I touch turns to gold.

- Pete Waterman

Everybody likes a roller coaster ride.

- Pete Waterman