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

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

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

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

" There are seven songs finished and on par with any that are on Siren's. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" When I started DJing years ago, I took great delight in annoying the audience. Playing Johnny Cash in the middle of a banging night. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "