Dylan Moran Quotes

I read one too many books about Joy Division by people who weren't there, and they always seem to dwell on the dark, the intense, the miserable image of Joy Division.

I'm very proud of New Order and Joy Division, that heritage of songs.

We didn't play any Joy Division songs for 10 years after the start of New Order, which was a very honourable thing to do even if it meant shooting ourselves in the foot.

'Movement' sounded like Joy Division, but 'Power, Corruption & Lies' is the first New Order record.

The reason Joy Division and New Order are as influential and successful as they are is because of the unique playing of all the individuals.

I look back on Joy Division very fondly indeed. I know that, of course, the band came to a tragic end, but that does not change the fact that Joy Division was a great band to be a part of.

I love Eighties rock.

What is remarkable about Joy Division is the way they are bereft of two of the mainstays of most other rock and pop: longing and supplication.

There are lots of Joy Division songs that are so powerful when played live, some of which we did either never play or played very rarely.

When I listen to Joy Division, it doesn't sound particularly English.

Factory Records would not have existed and my life would not have been what it was without Joy Division.

I'm sure every time I bring something out that isn't New Order, people say it sounds like New Order.

I grew up with 'best-of' cassettes. My first Smiths record was 'Hatful Of Hollow,' and I had hits albums by Elton John and The Cars.

I had a portable 8-track player under all my ramps, cranking one of my four 8-tracks - Cars/'Candy-O,' Ramones/'Road To Ruin,' Cheap Trick/'Heaven Tonight' and the first Devo record. I don't remember skating without music.

I love the folk-rock of the Seventies and the pop of the Eighties.

I started listening to the Cure around the time I discovered Joy Division and, like Joy Division, they have shaped my taste in all sorts of dark and dreary ways.

I grew up in the eighties; that's probably why I like some of the earlier electronic from Kraftwerk to all throughout new wave and things like that.

Holy Joy were a cult '80s band led by the wonderful songwriting genius that is Johny Brown.

More than 30 years ago, in Washington, D.C., I secured a copy of a single by a Los Angeles band called The Bags. The two-song 7-inch, released on Dangerhouse, had a girl on the cover who looked right at you with huge eyes. The songs, 'Survive' and 'Babylonian Gorgon,' were great and made many of my mix tapes.

Over the years, Joy Division has become a huge part of music culture.

I have been an XL fan of Devo since I was in high school in the 1970s. Their records only sound better with time.

Joy Division sounded like Manchester: cold, sparse and, at times, bleak.

My heart is always listening to the music I grew up with from the '70s and '80s to early '90s.

I remember having a 7-inch Depeche Mode single when I was ten and really loving that.

I was very good friends with Ian Curtis from Joy Division. In fact, I was the last person he spoke with before he died.