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Pete Waterman
English
Producer
About the author
The public are not stupid.
Pete Waterman,
English
Producer
#Public
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,
English
Producer
#History
#Excuses
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,
English
Producer
#World
#Technology
#Question
#Music
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,
English
Producer
#Reality
#Discovery
Reality TV finds talented people. There are no scripts. The editing is what it's all about. Great editing makes those shows.
Pete Waterman,
English
Producer
#People
#Reality
Past is past.
Pete Waterman,
English
Producer
#Past
It is dishonest the way that people suddenly think they've found guitars, and wear their guitar as a badge.
Pete Waterman,
English
Producer
#People
#Guitar
If you're rude for television's sake, it ain't reality TV.
Pete Waterman,
English
Producer
#Television
#Reality
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,
English
Producer
#People
#Cruelty
I thought if Oasis could get away with sounding like The Beatles, I could get away with sounding like Abba.
Pete Waterman,
English
Producer
#Thought
I think that's where reality TV works - you don't know where it's going.
Pete Waterman,
English
Producer
#Reality
I think Robbie Williams is an utter and complete prat. His last record was a pile of rubbish.
Pete Waterman,
English
Producer
I laughed, even if I was the butt of the joke.
Pete Waterman,
English
Producer
I don't mind losing, but I don't like losing to cheats.
Pete Waterman,
English
Producer
#Mind
#Losing
Give the public what they want. What you want is unimportant.
Pete Waterman,
English
Producer
#Want
#Public
Everything I touch turns to gold.
Pete Waterman,
English
Producer
#Gold
Everybody likes a roller coaster ride.
Pete Waterman,
English
Producer
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,
English
Producer
#Love
#Public
#Age
#Mind
#Majority
I was very cheap - that's the way I'd always worked.
Pete Waterman,
English
Producer