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" 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. "

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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!! "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Once you made that decision to split New Order up, you were like, 'Woo-hoo! I better get out there and get a job.' "

" The worst words I could ever hear as a bass player was, 'Can you play the root notes?' "

" What was punk all about? To me, it was if you really want to do something, go ahead and do it. "

" 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. "

" I don't find imitating other people's music easy at all. I remember being fifth in line for a Rolling Stones tour, early '90s, when Bill Wyman left, and I was hoping against hope that I wouldn't get the call to audition. I wouldn't be able to play a Stones song if you put a gun to my head. "

" 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 reason Joy Division and New Order are as influential and successful as they are is because of the unique playing of all the individuals. "

" Democracy for us tends to be has to do with who shouts the loudest! "

" I just like keeping busy and having ten things on the go. "

" I look back on Joy Division very fondly indeed. I know that, of course, the band came to a tragic end, but that does not change the fact that Joy Division was a great band to be a part of. "

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

" 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. "

" Accept what you did do, and live with it. "

" Most people have just heard Joy Division on record. And Joy Division on record was completely different than it was live. "

" Dance music tends to be a solitary affair. "

" '24 Hour Party People' was a comedy, and I knew that from the beginning. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Knowing very little about a band only adds to the allure. "

" You can't buy class. "