Peter Hook Quotes

When the 'godfather of punk' thing started floatin' around, it was, I was really, really embarrassed. I thought I should have a great, big rig and a cape and everything, and it was very embarrassing. And then after a while, you learn that if people call you anything, this is a great gift.

I don't think Ed Sullivan had anything to do with Carib Song.

I've always been a producer - that's how I see myself first. The DJing came second as a way for me to be able to perform.

Growing up in the acting world, you have a lot of opportunities to change who you are and what you believe in based on how people treat you. I never wanted to do that.

It's a bit embarrassing watching myself, but I couldn't get someone else to play me, that would've been stupid.

I'm not preaching about things you should do, I'm not political or anything. I'm probably not the best role model.

People are already finding ways to make their music and play it in front of people and have a life in music, I guess, and I think that's pretty much all you can ask.

However, I don't by any means suggest that I'm always playing myself.

A lot of my audience are in their 50s. But they want me to pretend to continue to be pretending.

The more I got into presenting things to the world, the further it was taking me away from what I was, which was someone who just used to sit quietly at a piano and sing and play. It became very important to me not to lose sight of that.

I had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing.

I've always been sort of influenced by my male relationships and that period of my life when you start to cringe and be like, 'I can't believe I wore this or that.'

People see me on the court only as a superhero, grunting and winning. They think you're a robot, and I'm not.

I don't think of myself as a role model.

I think for the longest time I used to be kind of embarrassed that if I hung out with someone that had a really, really strong personality, I would end up accidentally catching myself talking like them.

Ask most people, and they will say their name or profession, but you have to know who you are both physically and mentally. It's really important in football because then you know your trigger points, how to adapt and improve.

In the end, I know my qualities and I know I'm not Messi. I'm Bojan.

Fame didn't change me.

A lot of people I guess, well, some people change when they get in spotlights and everything, but you can take the girl out of Mississippi, but you can't take Mississippi out the girl!

I like to think I'm fairly grounded, and I have friends who will very happily tell me if I'm ever being big-headed. I know things will change. But I'm hoping it's nothing too drastic.

I am not a role model for anyone.

I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me.

In ten minutes they will have arrived on campus. George will have to be George; the George they have named and will recognise. So now he consciously applies himself to thinking their thoughts, getting into their mood. With the skill of a veteran, he rapidly puts on the psychological makeup for this role he must play.

The more you rely on what you need, the more you become that which you rely on.

I didn't know I was even supposed to HAVE issues until I came to America