-
I'm not interested in how well someone can sing. It's what you're singing that interests me.
Bernard Sumner Bad Lieutenant -
I was no good at anything else at school. But I was good at one thing, which was creativity.
Bernard Sumner Bad Lieutenant
-
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.
Bernard Sumner Bad Lieutenant -
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.
Bernard Sumner Bad Lieutenant -
II'm quite a successful musician, but I'm not sure if it's my vocation.
Bernard Sumner Bad Lieutenant -
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.
Bernard Sumner Bad Lieutenant -
I believe that every business and company takes two years to establish.
Bernard Sumner Bad Lieutenant -
We didn't play any Joy Division songs for 10 years after the start of New Order, which was a very honourable thing to do even if it meant shooting ourselves in the foot.
Bernard Sumner Bad Lieutenant