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" I'm one of those old cynics that thinks, whoever you vote for, the government always gets in. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" You look at 30 Seconds to Mars, and you don't think, 'Ooh, I bet they're angry.' No one really does anger these days. I suppose it's a turn-off. "

" I think people expect mud at festivals, I think you'd be asking for your money back if you didn't get it. "

" The fact is that you don't want to be away forever, but you want to lead a normal life. "

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

" There are lots of Joy Division songs that are so powerful when played live, some of which we did either never play or played very rarely. "

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

" When you've travelled for 34 years as a musician, you do all the culture stuff when you're young and full of energy. In the middle stage, you indulge too much and are scared of daylight. Then, in the final stage, you've seen it all, so you tend to take things a lot easier. "

" 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. "

" I'd rather have ten people who are mad for it than ten thousand who aren't. "

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

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

" There are so little outtakes from the Joy Division era. We didn't have much money. You couldn't be very generous in recording, so we were very thrifty in how we recorded. Everything was very, very well looked after financially because we just couldn't afford it. "

" But then I quite enjoy when something goes wrong, because when I watch DJs that take it very seriously, it's nice when you make a mistake and laugh about it. "

" 'Movement' sounded like Joy Division, but 'Power, Corruption & Lies' is the first New Order record. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" Nobody is the same. If we were all the same it would be bloody boring. "

" I am always working on new material with my production partner Phil Murphy in our guise as Man Ray; we do a lot of soundtrack work & some great collaborations. "

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

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

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

" At my age, I only travel business class because I just don't bend anymore; my body can't cope with it. "

" 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. "