Quotes from Peter Hook

Yeah, I still feel as if I have things to do really. I'm not ready to stop.

I look back on Joy Division very fondly indeed. I know that, of course, the band came to a tragic end, but that does not change the fact that Joy Division was a great band to be a part of.

Sarcasm is a Manchester trait.

I am man enough to be able to admit my own mistakes. I think that is an important trait to have.

There are seven songs finished and on par with any that are on Siren's.

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.

When I started DJing years ago, I took great delight in annoying the audience. Playing Johnny Cash in the middle of a banging night.

When you've travelled for 34 years as a musician, you do all the culture stuff when you're young and full of energy. In the middle stage, you indulge too much and are scared of daylight. Then, in the final stage, you've seen it all, so you tend to take things a lot easier.

Most people have just heard Joy Division on record. And Joy Division on record was completely different than it was live.

Over the years, Joy Division has become a huge part of music culture.

When I play a gig and look out at the audience, you're literally looking at a sea of Joy Division T-shirts.

I just like keeping busy and having ten things on the go.

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 think the most important thing about what musicians do is the music. You can be as big an arsehole as you want but if you're not making good music, you won't get away with it.

The thing with Joy Division's music is that each member was playing like a separate line. We hardly ever played together; we all played separately. But when you put it together, it was like the ingredients in a cake.

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.

I am always working on new material with my production partner Phil Murphy in our guise as Man Ray; we do a lot of soundtrack work & some great collaborations.

It's the same misconception I used to have. I meet people and think they're millionaires and they're not.

I read one too many books about Joy Division by people who weren't there, and they always seem to dwell on the dark, the intense, the miserable image of Joy Division.

But then I quite enjoy when something goes wrong, because when I watch DJs that take it very seriously, it's nice when you make a mistake and laugh about 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 interesting thing is that New Order finished on an okay note. It was only after we split that things got worse.

I think people expect mud at festivals, I think you'd be asking for your money back if you didn't get it.