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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. "

Peter Hook

Worth

Amazing

Joy

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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. "

" Over the years, Joy Division has become a huge part of music culture. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I regularly go to concerts with my children sharing the music. "

Peter Hook

Sharing

Concerts

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Peter Hook

Men

Way

" I've never been out of work in my whole life. "

" Music was such an important part of everyone's life in the '60s and '70s, but everywhere you played, the music was dreadful. "

" They amaze me most of those remixes. Some of them are crap. But every time I complain, someone comes up and says they are for a different market that you don't understand. Some of the New Order ones are really great, though. "

Peter Hook

Great

Time

" 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. "

" The break-up of a relationship is always difficult, especially a 30-year one. "

" Madonna's like a black widow spider. She tends to use people, then they shrivel up and disappear. "

" 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 am man enough to be able to admit my own mistakes. I think that is an important trait to have. "

" I've stayed in hotels where you were scared to even put your feet on the floor, or had to sleep in a chair. "

" I play a lot of hard, uncompromising dance music; it can be anything from dance to rock to reggae. "

" Bootleggers quake in fear of me ringing them on a Sunday afternoon. I call after dinner, usually. "

" I have a hard time getting my head around the idea of playing 'The Perfect Kiss' in my 50s. I can't quite get there. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The rise of the iPod meant that digital music became the norm, It's sad, but you can still find the real stuff out there if you look for it! "

" You don't get many chances in the world, and you don't want to throw them away. "

" I'm not a good flyer. Because I do it so much, I think the odds of something going wrong are not in my favour. "

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