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

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

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

" When I play a gig and look out at the audience, you're literally looking at a sea of Joy Division T-shirts. "

" Dance music tends to be a solitary affair. "

" Democracy for us tends to be has to do with who shouts the loudest! "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Over the years, Joy Division has become a huge part of music culture. "

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

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

" I've watched so-called 'New Order' playing in Auckland, and Tom Chapman is miming along to my bass on tape... He's got his fingers on the low, and you can hear my high bass in the background. So he's miming. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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" I always do try to encourage my children to vote and at least exercise their right. "

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

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

" 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. "

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