Pete Waterman Quotes

Since everyone has a mouth, everyone will have an opinion.

Being in the public eye makes you frightened to talk openly about things - which is precisely why you should. You can really make a difference and open up subjects that are taboo.

My lyrics aren't offensive. Some people find everything offensive.

Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me.

I think that to explore the uncomfortable and the politically incorrect is the job of the artist.

Good people can disagree - all you want is honesty, because you know, if I disagree, I'm willing to debate you on that, and then let the public decide what's good policy and bad policy.

At least in the West, politicians, corporations and media moguls can no longer take for granted their power to control the public discourse - and have it go unchallenged.

In our modern age - in the age of free information - I don't think there is any place for dictatorships.

I think that everybody would love to play the bad girl, 'cause for most of us, it's a stretch.

That's what I love about the Internet. Even if it's small-scale and you're just posting on a forum, that's an uncensored expression. That's what I love.

I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political views.

I never thought that I would become a staple in the Australian cultural diet. The equivalent of bread or milk, or a fine old Tasmanian Mauve Vein. I think it's because I talk about things that people dare not mention. I don't mean raunchy things or unsavoury things. I call a spade a spade - I discuss things in a realistic manner.

There is nothing we can't do. So it's just the fact that we're doing topics like that that other people, especially network TV, won't touch, that we're satirists.

That's one of the great things about comedy: we can - and should - say the things that other people aren't supposed to say. If we didn't do that, if we didn't push against those limits, we'd just be standing around onstage and yelling.

I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial.

Not many people were speaking truth to power in the '80s. I had a really good time doing it - I found it gratifying. It was a joy to have an opportunity to say what you believed. It's challenging to do it in fiction, but I liked writing the novels. I liked writing 'Democracy' particularly.

Maybe politically it wasn't wise but when people have different view points I think the public has a right to hear it and the public has a right to make decisions based on those view points.

I like to think of myself as an equal opportunity offender.

Natalie from the Dixie Chicks could have said what she said before 9-11 and no one would have cared.

Editorial cartoons are about concept. The illustration is merely a vehicle to convey a point of view. We're here to protect and inform the public, to attack and repel those who do not agree with our long-term shared interest.

I can say exactly what I feel about any issue, and I'm going to do that.

I think satire suffered under Obama, but not because of Obama. People are more sensitive now than ever, and strong satirical voices are stifled because of that. I don't think a Clinton presidency would change that.

Without the ability of issue groups to tell the truth, who knows what the public will believe.

We have the obligation to defy public opinion in the public interest.

I'm listening to America, not to the pundits.