John Peel Quotes

United Kingdom, Disc Jockey
August 30, 1939 – October, 25, 2004.

John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE, known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004.

Also known as Record Producer, Journalist

Science will almost certainly never come up with anything as wonderful as the electric guitar..

John Peel
I just want to hear something I haven't heard before.

John Peel
- Want
- Hear
- Before

I think she could have infused even Spice Girls songs with a touch of melancholy. (On Billie Holiday)

John Peel
- Songs
- Melancholy
- Infused
If Elvis were alive today, I think he'd really understand happy hardcore.

John Peel
- Alive
- Elvis
- Hardcore
Somebody was trying to tell me that CDs are better than vinyl because they don't have any surface noise. I said, 'Listen, mate, *life* has surface noise.

John Peel
- Life
- Noise
- Vinyl
I think my chances of making the Liverpool side are gone now. Might still be able to get a game at one of those London clubs though.

John Peel
- Game
- Chances
- Clubs
I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones.

John Peel
- Stupid
- Mistakes
- Clever
I think a lot of the stuff I'm playing now is crap.

John Peel
- Stuff
- Playing
- Crap

I don't know what young people want to hear anymore. The first person who comes up and asks me for Bon Jovi risks a ritual disembowelling on stage... and that's a promise.

John Peel
- Stage
- Hear
- Risks