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" Accept what you did do, and live with it. "
Peter Hook
Did
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" There are so many bootlegged Joy Division/Martin Hannett tapes, a lot of really bad bootlegs on the Internet. "
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" Over the years, Joy Division has become a huge part of music culture. "
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" Madonna's like a black widow spider. She tends to use people, then they shrivel up and disappear. "
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" In the late '70s, the conditions that bands had to endure were, shall we say, not as civilized as they are today. People were a lot more aggressive back then. So there was definitely a lot of suffering for your art. But I would argue that was a good thing. Generally, people make better music when they suffer. "
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" That's it really, at the moment I wouldn't say I was influenced by any one thing in particular. "
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" There are seven songs finished and on par with any that are on Siren's. "
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" Bootleggers quake in fear of me ringing them on a Sunday afternoon. I call after dinner, usually. "
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" To be in one band that changed the world musically is pretty good, but to be in two bands that changed the world musically, that's amazing. "
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" Knowing very little about a band only adds to the allure. "
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" I prefer it when I can intimidate the audience rather than the audience intimidate me. I've been lucky in my career to have both. "
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" I don't pretend to be Joy Division or New Order. What I do is very straight forward: it's an interpretation and a celebration of the music, with different people. Everyone looks at it and knows exactly what I'm doing. "
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Doing
Music
New
" It's quite ironic I suppose, it's that thing about being in a group when you all start out as friends and then invariably end up hating each other. So I just thought they needed telling really, in case they were labouring under the apprehension that they were still friends. "
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Group
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You
" To me, New Order split up when Bernard and I stopped writing together. We started Joy Division together; we started New Order together. "
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Writing
Started
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" I love that young bands will do anything to succeed. "
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" When I'm not playing music, certainly the last thing I want to do is listen to music! "
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" '24 Hour Party People' was a comedy, and I knew that from the beginning. "
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People
Beginning
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" I am man enough to be able to admit my own mistakes. I think that is an important trait to have. "
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Important
" I just like keeping busy and having ten things on the go. "
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Busy
Go
Having
" Most people have just heard Joy Division on record. And Joy Division on record was completely different than it was live. "
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Different
Live
" At my age, I only travel business class because I just don't bend anymore; my body can't cope with it. "
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Travel
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" We've had a problem finding a vocalist. We have not been lucky yet to find the one. I think the problem is that the three of us have such a pedigree of vocalist, that if we come out with someone that's not good we'll obviously be slated! "
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" My mother used to always say to me, 'Do naught, get naught.' It's an adage that I hold by. If you don't do anything, you can't really expect anything. "
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" It was nice doing my own Joy Division book to be able to put forward the fact that Ian was actually quite a nice guy and very hardworking, ambitious and loyal. But the thing was, he was battling such a dreadful illness in an era when they really didn't know how to treat it. "
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" For the first 18 months of Joy Division, we used our jobs to fund the band. We'd all chip in three, five quid to go and do a gig. But it was worth it. It was amazing we could afford to feed ourselves. But we were so creatively and artistically satisfied. You can't explain that to somebody who's never been there. "
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" The reason Joy Division and New Order are as influential and successful as they are is because of the unique playing of all the individuals. "
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