There's challenges in life that present themselves unexpectedly, and if you rise to them, then those challenges will toughen you up.

If you're a lead singer, then you can't afford to be sensitive. On stage, everyone looks at the lead singer, even if you don't want them to - in America, they have those massive follow spots on you all the time; it does your head in. So, if you are a lead singer and you don't toughen up, you're in the wrong job, and you have to get out.

I think if you take 'Get Ready,' 'Waiting For The Siren's Call,' 'Lost Sirens' - those three New Order albums were mostly guitar-based. There were a couple of dance tunes in there, but they were mainly guitar-oriented. They came about through jamming, a lot of them.

If you choose to take a path in life, don't blame other people for the path you've chosen to take.

Part of the reason I joined Joy Division was so that I really wouldn't have to grow up.

You spend more time with your fellow band members than your girlfriend or wife, and you end up at each other's throats. It happens to all bands.