Stephen Morris Quotes
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People cross the road to give me their autographs.
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In the six years I've been here, there's only been one instance when we had to ask someone to leave. And they did without a fuss.
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Never stand in the middle of two people having a fight, because you'll always come off worse.
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Technology is always a double-edged sword.
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There is a lot of back end work in photography that clients never see. There have been wonderful photographers who go out of business because they focus on the art and forget about the business.
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You used to defend your musical values to the hilt, but now if something isn't working, you just hop to another band. My youngest daughter went from Justin Bieber to the Jonas Brothers to Joy Division in the space of a few months!
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Nowadays, who actually listens to the tracks on an album, anyway?
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If you looked at the sound pattern of an old-fashioned record, it would be very spikey. But nowadays, there's no spikes - everything looks like a brick, so the quiet bits become louder. It's actually damaging because it's like listening to a drill.
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There was a big flash and a big boom, ... Somebody came running down the trails saying, 'Help, we need help.'
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I really don't like it when members of bands slag each other off in the press. If you've got a problem, you should sort it out without going public.
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It was a bit nerve-wracking but a lot of fun.
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Music used to be a more personal thing, and it defined who you were. Now it's like wallpaper.
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In the Seventies, album artwork became really beautiful items. The whole process of doing an album sleeve, it became a very artistic thing.
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A career is forward planning.
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There's no future for New Order.
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Nobody sells records any more, and the only way you can actually do anything is to go out and play live.
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We really need to understand what's happened and what steps have been taken to rectify problems. In one of those incidents where an outage has occurred, there really needs to be a formal communications strategy put in place. We really need to be kept informed.
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I remember that Martin Hannett once had an idea of making a record and burying it in his garden so that one day someone would dig it up, like a time capsule.
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It is true that the record company are always thinking of new ways to flog New Order to people.
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I was a fan when Cracker was last on TV so it's great to be doing the music for the new series.
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I'm surprised how many people are into vinyl.
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There's nothing wrong with wanting to be in a disco band.
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Decisions are going to have to be made before we know about the state money.
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I just sat on the bed and cried. I couldn't go to sleep. I was just sitting there thinking 'This poor guy,'