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" 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. "

Peter Hook

Division

Money

Joy

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Hide

Fighter

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You

Want

" 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. "

" When you balance it against New Order, New Order don't work or tour relentlessly. We definitely work in our own way and sometimes it's a bit too slow for me, so I like to plan ahead and fill my time up. "

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Plan

Balance

" New Order never celebrated anything to do with Joy Division. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I must confess that over my career, I've actually downplayed the importance of DJs. It's such a different art form. Then all of a sudden you try it, and you think, 'Good God, these guys do work.' I used to be very cynical and very blase about it. I can only apologize. "

" When you get the right people together, writing music becomes very effortless. "

" When I'm not playing music, certainly the last thing I want to do is listen to music! "

" 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. "

" Old men are cantankerous: they like to get their own way. "

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Men

Way

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

" 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. "

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Great

Time

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" We've had a problem finding a vocalist. We have not been lucky yet to find the one. I think the problem is that the three of us have such a pedigree of vocalist, that if we come out with someone that's not good we'll obviously be slated! "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" I love that young bands will do anything to succeed. "