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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.' "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" There are so many bootlegged Joy Division/Martin Hannett tapes, a lot of really bad bootlegs on the Internet. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" You can't buy class. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "