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

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" To be in one band that changed the world musically is pretty good, but to be in two bands that changed the world musically, that's amazing. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" I regularly go to concerts with my children sharing the music. "

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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. "

" I'd rather have ten people who are mad for it than ten thousand who aren't. "

" Music was such an important part of everyone's life in the '60s and '70s, but everywhere you played, the music was dreadful. "

" We need to talk about what we are going to do and see and decide. We'll have to wait and see. "

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" 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. "

" I am man enough to be able to admit my own mistakes. I think that is an important trait to have. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "