Bernard Sumner Quotes
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Choosing a name for a band is always a difficult thing, and I don't think people should read too much into a name because, after all, it's just a handle. It doesn't mean anything.
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I was no good at anything else at school. But I was good at one thing, which was creativity.
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When Joy Division started, I was scared to death of having to get a normal day job.
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I think that if you're on the same team, you should be pushing in the same direction.
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I'm very proud of New Order and Joy Division, that heritage of songs.
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We're all private people, but as a musician, I think that once you get to the point where there's more of your life behind you than in front of you, you owe it to your public to explain yourself.
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I first read about hypnotism at school, and I used to do tricks like getting a really skinny guy to arm wrestle the local bully.
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I like a challenge. I like learning new skills because I didn't learn much at school.
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By the time I was leaving school, there were no factories. There was no industry.
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I think New Order have got their own sound. But what we like to do is experiment, using dance music and other things.
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If you choose to take a path in life, don't blame other people for the path you've chosen to take.
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I always felt like there were always egos involved when I was trying to get music finished in New Order. Sometimes it would feel like I was running through water.
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I never knew my father. He'd disappeared from the scene before I was born, and I still have no idea who he is. Perhaps strangely, it's never bothered me; I certainly don't believe it's really affected me.
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II'm quite a successful musician, but I'm not sure if it's my vocation.
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I've realized that I owe people a look behind the scenes of my own story, because I don't think anyone can have a true understanding of the music without an insight into where it came from.
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I never met Morrissey.
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The guitarist always looks a bit clever because he's got so many strings and apparently knows what to do with them.
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Part of the reason I joined Joy Division was so that I really wouldn't have to grow up.
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I think when you're in your 20s, going from adolescence to about 24, I think your life is a series of emotional storms that you have to weather. Life is more emotional at that time, and you're less equipped to deal with what life throws at you. I always think that if you can get past 24, than life really starts at that point.
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You can't escape from yourself, can you?
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In Salford, we had fish in our tap water. I remember, one hot summer day, running to the toilet at playtime and dunking our heads in a sink full of water. I remember putting my head in and seeing all these little fish in it.
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The story of New Order is all about learning from our mistakes.
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You have to find balance. Whenever I start feeling stressed or not feeling myself, it's about balance, and it means I need to find it again.
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Joy Division sounded like Manchester: cold, sparse and, at times, bleak.