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" We don't to be some kind of rock supergroup for the sake of being a supergroup. You want to change things and say something fresh and new so you appeal to people as a new group. "

Peter Hook

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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. "

" Actually when we stopped New Order I was busier than ever. The only gaps have been while we've been writing. "

" The interesting thing is that New Order finished on an okay note. It was only after we split that things got worse. "

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

" 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. "

" New Order never celebrated anything to do with Joy Division. "

" Originally, I didn't play any New Order when I deejayed. I suppose it comes from being a little embarrassed or humble or whatever. But people were coming to see me because of New Order, so in the end, I had to realize that if they were using my name on the poster, then maybe I should play some of the music. "

Peter Hook

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" When you're fat and comfortable, your music is going to sound fat and comfortable. "

" I was reading an article about Kings of Leon's bass player, who said that he was directly influenced by Joy Division and by me. I was like, 'Woah!' It surprised me. It's a great compliment. "

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

Peter Hook

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" I always do try to encourage my children to vote and at least exercise their right. "

" 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. "

Peter Hook

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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. "

" Old men are cantankerous: they like to get their own way. "

Peter Hook

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" My big frustration in New Order was that they played the same tracks all the time. "

" Bands don't play the whole LP. They play a selection of the songs that they like. "

" One of the great things about education is that it should stop you making mistakes - and I have made a lot of mistakes. "

" 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. "

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

" Yeah, I still feel as if I have things to do really. I'm not ready to stop. "

" My father was always Labour, and my mother was always Conservative, so I tended to sort of go in the middle. "

Peter Hook

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

" And they do tend to be fast and up, because that's how I like to drive. "

Peter Hook

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

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

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

" 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. "

" The thing with Joy Division's music is that each member was playing like a separate line. We hardly ever played together; we all played separately. But when you put it together, it was like the ingredients in a cake. "

" 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

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