131 Quotes by Peter Hook

Bass players are always the underdogs of the band, but I made sure that I was never viewed as one. I went out of my way to steal as much limelight as I could.

New Order never celebrated anything to do with Joy Division.

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

I've been very grateful and humbled by the fact that young people really dig Joy Division's music. It's a great testament to the chemistry and the songwriting prowess between the four original members.

A poetic, sensitive, tortured soul, the Ian Curtis of the myth - he was definitely that.

'Unknown Pleasures' is a very important record for me. It was the first LP that I recorded.

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

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.

There are so little outtakes from the Joy Division era. We didn't have much money. You couldn't be very generous in recording, so we were very thrifty in how we recorded. Everything was very, very well looked after financially because we just couldn't afford it.