Peter Hook Quotes

• I suppose in the end it's almost too easy to look back and say what you should have done, how you might have changed things. What's harder - what's much, much harder - is to accept what you actually did do.

  Peter Hook

  Should Have, Looks, Done

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• There's a very fine line between being artistic and being a dickhead - it's like love and hate.

  Peter Hook

  Hate, Like Love, Lines

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

  Peter Hook

  Would Be, Boring, Bloody

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• Sarcasm is a Manchester trait.

  Peter Hook

  Sarcastic, Sarcasm, Manchester

  Interview with Matt Cotterill, higher-frequency.com. April 15, 2006.

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• It's quite ironic I suppose, it's that thing about being in a group when you all start out as friends and then invariably end up hating each other. So I just thought they needed telling really, in case they were labouring under the apprehension that they were still friends.

  Peter Hook

  Hate, Ironic, Groups

  Interview with Matt Cotterill, higher-frequency.com. April 15, 2006.

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• The chemistry involved made everything Factory did quite special.

  Peter Hook

  Special, Chemistry, Factories

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• I think that you have to bear in mind that music is about escape, and it's not unreasonable to think the music business would be based around escapism.

  Peter Hook

  Thinking, Mind, Would Be

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• I think people expect mud at festivals, I think you'd be asking for your money back if you didn't get it.

  Peter Hook

  Thinking, People, Asking

  Interview with Matt Cotterill, higher-frequency.com. April 15, 2006.

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• I think the most important thing about what musicians do is the music. You can be as big an arsehole as you want but if you're not making good music, you won't get away with it.

  Peter Hook

  Thinking, Important, Musician

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• When digital recording came in about '84, everything started to follow into digital. Now, you've got the best recording media in the world, but it's not very pleasing to the ear.

  Peter Hook

  Media, Ears, World

  "After Joy Division And New Order, Peter Hook Steps Into The Light". Interview with Leila Brillson, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 21, 2011.

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• 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!!

  Peter Hook

  Texas, Differences, Scary

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• Yeah, I still feel as if I have things to do really. I'm not ready to stop.

  Peter Hook

  Yeah, Ready, Things To Do

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• We've had a problem finding a vocalist. We have not been lucky yet to find the one. I think the problem is that the three of us have such a pedigree of vocalist, that if we come out with someone that's not good we'll obviously be slated!

  Peter Hook

  Thinking, Finding The One, Lucky

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

  Peter Hook

  Forever, Want, Facts

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• But then I quite enjoy when something goes wrong, because when I watch DJs that take it very seriously, it's nice when you make a mistake and laugh about it.

  Peter Hook

  Mistake, Nice, Laughing

  Interview with Matt Cotterill, higher-frequency.com. April 15, 2006.

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• We don't to be some kind of rock supergroup for the sake of being a supergroup. You want to change things and say something fresh and new so you appeal to people as a new group.

  Peter Hook

  Rocks, People, Groups

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• We need to talk about what we are going to do and see and decide. We'll have to wait and see.

  Peter Hook

  Waiting, Needs

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• America stopped making vinyl and phased out the single but Germany held out and refused. Warner's never phased out vinyl in Germany. Now America imports it!

  Peter Hook

  America, Germany, Vinyl

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