Top 100 Quotes by Peter Hook

About Peter Hook

These are some quotes by English author Peter Hook Musician, who was born on February 13, 1956.

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.

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

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 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.

Peter Hook

When I started DJing years ago, I took great delight in annoying the audience. Playing Johnny Cash in the middle of a banging night.

When I started DJing years ago, I took great delight in annoying the audience. Playing Johnny Cash in the middle of a banging night.

Peter Hook

What I've learned is that life is a balance between idealism and realism.

What I've learned is that life is a balance between idealism and realism.

Peter Hook

Knowing very little about a band only adds to the allure.

Knowing very little about a band only adds to the allure.

Peter Hook

Great music seems to come from a lot of angst, and that angst is from great musicians getting together with intense chemistry. When that chemistry isn't there, people tend not to write great music.

Great music seems to come from a lot of angst, and that angst is from great musicians getting together with intense chemistry. When that chemistry isn't there, people tend not to write great music.

Peter Hook

I don't find imitating other people's music easy at all. I remember being fifth in line for a Rolling Stones tour, early '90s, when Bill Wyman left, and I was hoping against hope that I wouldn't get the call to audition. I wouldn't be able to play a Stones song if you put a gun to my head.

Peter Hook

For the first 18 months of Joy Division, we used our jobs to fund the band. We'd all chip in three, five quid to go and do a gig. But it was worth it. It was amazing we could afford to feed ourselves. But we were so creatively and artistically satisfied. You can't explain that to somebody who's never been there.

Peter Hook

Any coalition, especially where one party is more powerful than the other, it's always bound to have a pecking order.

Any coalition, especially where one party is more powerful than the other, it's always bound to have a pecking order.

Peter Hook

The interesting thing is that New Order finished on an okay note. It was only after we split that things got worse.

The interesting thing is that New Order finished on an okay note. It was only after we split that things got worse.

Peter Hook

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