Peter Hook Quotes
Top 74 wise famous quotes and sayings by Peter Hook
Peter Hook Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Peter Hook on Wise Famous Quotes.
I have a hard time getting my head around the idea of playing 'The Perfect Kiss' in my 50s. I can't quite get there.
My father was always Labour, and my mother was always Conservative, so I tended to sort of go in the middle.
I prefer it when I can intimidate the audience rather than the audience intimidate me. I've been lucky in my career to have both.
It's really nice to be able to do what I'm doing without having to compromise with another musician.
There are so many bootlegged Joy Division/Martin Hannett tapes, a lot of really bad bootlegs on the Internet.
Most people have just heard Joy Division on record. And Joy Division on record was completely different than it was live.
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.
There are keyboard terrorists everywhere who hide behind a veil of anonymity to pursue their vicious slanders.
Music was such an important part of everyone's life in the '60s and '70s, but everywhere you played, the music was dreadful.
I'm not a good flyer. Because I do it so much, I think the odds of something going wrong are not in my favour.
When I play a gig and look out at the audience, you're literally looking at a sea of Joy Division T-shirts.
Actually when we stopped New Order I was busier than ever. The only gaps have been while we've been writing.
You look at 30 Seconds to Mars, and you don't think, 'Ooh, I bet they're angry.' No one really does anger these days. I suppose it's a turn-off.
When I started DJing years ago, I took great delight in annoying the audience. Playing Johnny Cash in the middle of a banging night.
To me, New Order split up when Bernard and I stopped writing together. We started Joy Division together; we started New Order together.
I've stayed in hotels where you were scared to even put your feet on the floor, or had to sleep in a chair.
One of the great things about education is that it should stop you making mistakes - and I have made a lot of mistakes.
There are lots of Joy Division songs that are so powerful when played live, some of which we did either never play or played very rarely.
The reason Joy Division and New Order are as influential and successful as they are is because of the unique playing of all the individuals.
The interesting thing is that New Order finished on an okay note. It was only after we split that things got worse.
It's the same misconception I used to have. I meet people and think they're millionaires and they're not.
My mother used to always say to me, 'Do naught, get naught.' It's an adage that I hold by. If you don't do anything, you can't really expect anything.
At my age, I only travel business class because I just don't bend anymore; my body can't cope with it.
I think people expect mud at festivals, I think you'd be asking for your money back if you didn't get it.
Once you made that decision to split New Order up, you were like, 'Woo-hoo! I better get out there and get a job.'
The rise of the iPod meant that digital music became the norm, It's sad, but you can still find the real stuff out there if you look for it!