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.

Any coalition, especially where one party is more powerful than the other, it's always bound to have a pecking order.

Dance music tends to be a solitary affair.

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.

The fact is that you don't want to be away forever, but you want to lead a normal life.

The scary thing is when I did my set in Texas everyone was excited. The show was great. I was done and the next DJ put something on vinyl and the difference! The quality!!

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.

The worst words I could ever hear as a bass player was, 'Can you play the root notes?'

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

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

I've stayed in hotels where you were scared to even put your feet on the floor, or had to sleep in a chair.

I'd rather have ten people who are mad for it than ten thousand who aren't.

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.

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.

For the first 18 months of Joy Division, we used our jobs to fund the band. We'd all chip in three, five quid to go and do a gig. But it was worth it. It was amazing we could afford to feed ourselves. But we were so creatively and artistically satisfied. You can't explain that to somebody who's never been there.

Nobody is the same. If we were all the same it would be bloody boring.

You can't buy class.

I think that my parents wanted my brother and I to do what they couldn't have done and live a free life and not worry about war.

Detroit has always been a rock and roll audience for me and picked up on me and my performances long before a lot of other places in the country. I will never forget that. It's a home away from home. I love it.

I used to say it was painful to write lyrics about myself and looking inward.

I'm learning all the time. I've learned things like how to be a better person, better father, better husband.

I'm not a good thinker of tomorrow, looking forward. I live day-to-day. It's much easier for me that way.

I love living without a net.

A year before 'Frampton Comes Alive!' we had released the studio version of 'Show Me The Way' as a single - it was on the 'Frampton' album - and it totally tanked. Nothing.