„John Peel was the only important DJ left in the world.“
Jack White, The White Stripes
„Whenever I was losing inspiration, I would listen to his show and was straight away on track. He`d play one thing every Show which would change how you thought about a style of music.“
Thom Yorke, Radiohead
„John Peel qualifies as probably the most important single figure in the British music industry for the last 48 years.“
Brian Eno
„He was the contradiction of every bad thing you could say about the radio. He had an open mind about all types of music. He was as rare as the music that he loved.“
Elvis Costello
„..Auf unserer ersten Tournee durch England besuchen wir Peel und Sheila in nan True`s Hole. Sheila liebt unsere kaputte Version von My Funny Valentine. In Deutschland längst musiklaische Katerstimmung, aber in UK haben wir dank John Peel einen Plattenvertrag, dürfen in der Queen Elisabeth Hall auftreten, x BBC Sessions aufnehmen, die letzte am Tag vor seiner Beerdigung. Ich glaube, ihm verdanken wir alles.“
Thomas Meinecke