Quotes from Peter Hook

When you get the right people together, writing music becomes very effortless.

'24 Hour Party People' was a comedy, and I knew that from the beginning.

We've had a problem finding a vocalist. We have not been lucky yet to find the one. I think the problem is that the three of us have such a pedigree of vocalist, that if we come out with someone that's not good we'll obviously be slated!

Bands don't play the whole LP. They play a selection of the songs that they like.

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

I must confess that over my career, I've actually downplayed the importance of DJs. It's such a different art form. Then all of a sudden you try it, and you think, 'Good God, these guys do work.' I used to be very cynical and very blase about it. I can only apologize.

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.

Bootleggers quake in fear of me ringing them on a Sunday afternoon. I call after dinner, usually.

America stopped making vinyl and phased out the single but Germany held out and refused. Warner's never phased out vinyl in Germany. Now America imports it!

You don't get many chances in the world, and you don't want to throw them away.

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 was reading an article about Kings of Leon's bass player, who said that he was directly influenced by Joy Division and by me. I was like, 'Woah!' It surprised me. It's a great compliment.

I think that you have to bear in mind that music is about escape, and it's not unreasonable to think the music business would be based around escapism.

I've watched so-called 'New Order' playing in Auckland, and Tom Chapman is miming along to my bass on tape... He's got his fingers on the low, and you can hear my high bass in the background. So he's miming.

You can't buy class.

At my age, I only travel business class because I just don't bend anymore; my body can't cope with it.

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.

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

When you DJ, you're just on your own, which is nice because there's no argument.

The chemistry involved made everything Factory did quite special.

'Love Will Tear Us Apart' is very simply written.

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.

When you're fat and comfortable, your music is going to sound fat and comfortable.