Quotes by Pete Waterman

About Pete Waterman:

Peter Alan Waterman is an English record producer, songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast. As a member of the Stock Aitken Waterman songwriting team he wrote and produced many hit singles. He is the owner of significant collections of both historic and commercial railway locomotives and rolling stock, a passion and expensive hobby made possible by the commercial success of the acts he signed.
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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

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

The public are not stupid.

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

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 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

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

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

Pete Waterman

Everything I touch turns to gold.

Pete Waterman

Everybody likes a roller coaster ride.

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

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

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

Author Bio

  • NamePete Waterman
  • DescriptionRecord producer, songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, railway enthusiast
  • BornJanuary 15, 1947
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionDisc Jockey; Record Producer; Songwriter
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire