John Peel quotes:

I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones.

All songs are about shagging, you can't deny it

I just want to hear something I haven't heard before

All I ever wanted to do was hear music that I like and play it to other people

Teenage dreams so hard to beat

At the heart of anything good there should be a kernel of something undefinable, and if you can define it, or claim to be able to define it, then, in a sense, you've missed the point.

I think a lot of the stuff I'm playing now is crap.

If the audience are leaving in ambulances, you know you've done a good job

If you've got a CD that's not working, just wipe it on your trousers, and if you're not wearing any trousers, put some on

There's always the possibility that you're going to come across a record that transforms your life. And it happens weekly. It's like a leaf on the stream. There are little currents and eddies and sticks lying in the water that nudge you in a slightly different direction. And then you break loose and carry on down the current. There's nothing that actually stops you and lifts you out of the water and puts you on the bank but there are diversions and distractions and alarums and excursions which is what makes life interesting really. It's fantastic.