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" Dance music tends to be a solitary affair. "

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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. "

" When you balance it against New Order, New Order don't work or tour relentlessly. We definitely work in our own way and sometimes it's a bit too slow for me, so I like to plan ahead and fill my time up. "

" When I play a gig and look out at the audience, you're literally looking at a sea of Joy Division T-shirts. "

" 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. "

" Great music seems to come from a lot of angst, and that angst is from great musicians getting together with intense chemistry. When that chemistry isn't there, people tend not to write great music. "

" I must confess that over my career, I've actually downplayed the importance of DJs. It's such a different art form. Then all of a sudden you try it, and you think, 'Good God, these guys do work.' I used to be very cynical and very blase about it. I can only apologize. "

" There are so many bootlegged Joy Division/Martin Hannett tapes, a lot of really bad bootlegs on the Internet. "

" 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. "

" When I'm not playing music, certainly the last thing I want to do is listen to music! "

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" The scary thing is when I did my set in Texas everyone was excited. The show was great. I was done and the next DJ put something on vinyl and the difference! The quality!! "

" What I've learned is that life is a balance between idealism and realism. "

" People go and hide, but I don't. I'm a fighter. "

" Bass players are always the underdogs of the band, but I made sure that I was never viewed as one. I went out of my way to steal as much limelight as I could. "

" I've been very grateful and humbled by the fact that young people really dig Joy Division's music. It's a great testament to the chemistry and the songwriting prowess between the four original members. "

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" It's the same misconception I used to have. I meet people and think they're millionaires and they're not. "

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" To me, New Order split up when Bernard and I stopped writing together. We started Joy Division together; we started New Order together. "

" We need to talk about what we are going to do and see and decide. We'll have to wait and see. "

" When you DJ, you're just on your own, which is nice because there's no argument. "

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" There are keyboard terrorists everywhere who hide behind a veil of anonymity to pursue their vicious slanders. "

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