20 Quotes by John Peel

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

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

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

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

Teenage dreams so hard to beat.

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

All songs are about shagging, you can’t deny it.

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.