92 Quotes by Bernard Sumner

If you go out and just play the old stuff and never write new stuff, you're not really a complete musician, you're a performer.

New Order has always been a hybrid band. We always mixed guitar, bass, drums with electronic.

You can't escape from yourself, can you?

The story of New Order is all about learning from our mistakes.

My mother, Laura Sumner, had cerebral palsy. She was born absolutely fine, but after about three days, she started having convulsions that left her with a condition that would confine her to a wheelchair her entire life.

I'm not interested in how well someone can sing. It's what you're singing that interests me.

I like a challenge. I like learning new skills because I didn't learn much at school.

You can't put rubbish into a computer and get something good out.

When you grow up without a brother or sister, you tend to see things just through your own eyes. You have friends and everything, but you spend most of your time watching TV or sat in a room making decisions about your life on your own.