Well, subconsciously I suppose some things must stick but I'm not influenced consciously by them..

They [ Factory Records] are always looking for the next group, the next big thing, to bring the record sales in and for them to promote and everythin….

I just want to carry on the way we [ Joy Division] are, I think. Basically, we want to play and enjoy what we like playing. I think when we stop doin….

I used to work in a factory and I was really happy because I could daydream all day..

All my lyrics are open to interpretation by the individual and imply many different meanings, therefore their relevance is purely subjective..

Pictures all around, of how good a life should be, a model for the rest, that bred insecurity, I walked a jagged line and then came back for more, it….

You cry out in your sleep - all my failings expose. There's a taste in my mouth, as desperation takes hold Just that something so good just can't fu….

We're changing our ways, taking different roads, and love will tear us apart again..

Existence is.. well.. what does it matter? I exist on the best terms I can. The past is now part of my future. The present is well out of hand..

Love, love will tear us apart, again..

I struggle between what I know is right in my own mind, and some warped truthfulness as seen through other people's eyes who have no heart, and can't….

I know someone who works in a record shop where I live and I'll go in there and he'll play me "Have you heard this single?". Singles by, er the group….

When routine bites hard, and ambitions are low. When resentment rides high, but emotion won't grow...and we're changing our ways, taking different ro….

Nothing seems real anymore. Even the flames from the fire seem to beckon to me, drawing me into some great past life buried somewhere deep in my subc….

Reality is only a term, based on values and well worn principles, whereas the dream goes on forever..

We play the music we want to play and we play the places we want to play. I'd hate to be on the usual record company where you get an album out and y….

We said we'd never tour ... and we'll never do a tour, I don't think - or if we do it won't be longer than about two weeks..

I tend not to listen. When I'm listening to records, I don't listen to much new wave stuff, I tend to listen to the stuff I used to listen to a few y….

I like the groups on Factory, A Certain Ratio and Section 25. I.