Quotes from Bernard Sumner

The guitarist always looks a bit clever because he's got so many strings and apparently knows what to do with them.

I like singing now, but I didn't at the start. I didn't think about singing, didn't know how to do it, so I hit the ground stumbling.

I was interested in Prozac from a personal point of view because I can be a bit moody - things do get on top of me sometimes - so I was quite keen to find out what it would do to my personality.

It can be an educational thing to play your songs to people because you see where you've gone right and where you've gone wrong.

You can't escape from yourself, can you?

It's not in my nature to be too literal.