Actually when we stopped New Order I was busier than ever. The only gaps have been while we've been writing.
Peter Hook

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

And they do tend to be fast and up, because that's how I like to drive.
Peter Hook

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

Democracy for us tends to be has to do with who shouts the loudest!
Peter Hook

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

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'd rather have ten people who are mad for it than ten thousand who aren't.
Peter Hook

It was an amazing mistake to lose 10p on every copy because your sleeve is so expensive.
Peter Hook

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


It's the same misconception I used to have. I meet people and think they're millionaires and they're not.
Peter Hook

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

Sarcasm is a Manchester trait.
Peter Hook

That's it really, at the moment I wouldn't say I was influenced by any one thing in particular.
Peter Hook

The chemistry involved made everything Factory did quite special.
Peter Hook

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

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

There are seven songs finished and on par with any that are on Siren's.
Peter Hook

They amaze me most of those remixes. Some of them are crap. But every time I complain, someone comes up and says they are for a different market that you don't understand. Some of the New Order ones are really great, though.
Peter Hook

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