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" People go and hide, but I don't. I'm a fighter. "
Peter Hook
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Any coalition, especially where one party is more powerful than the other, it's always bound to have a pecking order. "
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