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" Nobody is the same. If we were all the same it would be bloody boring. "
Peter Hook
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" 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. "
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" Most people have just heard Joy Division on record. And Joy Division on record was completely different than it was live. "
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" 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. "
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" New Order never celebrated anything to do with Joy Division. "
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" It's quite ironic I suppose, it's that thing about being in a group when you all start out as friends and then invariably end up hating each other. So I just thought they needed telling really, in case they were labouring under the apprehension that they were still friends. "
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You
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" People go and hide, but I don't. I'm a fighter. "
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" I think that you have to bear in mind that music is about escape, and it's not unreasonable to think the music business would be based around escapism. "
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Like
" I read one too many books about Joy Division by people who weren't there, and they always seem to dwell on the dark, the intense, the miserable image of Joy Division. "
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" There are so many bootlegged Joy Division/Martin Hannett tapes, a lot of really bad bootlegs on the Internet. "
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Really
" The fact is that you don't want to be away forever, but you want to lead a normal life. "
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Want
Normal
" The interesting thing is that New Order finished on an okay note. It was only after we split that things got worse. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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