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The drummer is the backbone of the band and is the real underrated one.

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

From Bernard Sumner

You don't see yourself in the same way other people see you.

From Bernard Sumner

One of the things I like about music is it's an abstract art, totally abstract, where you can convey an emotion, which I find amazing.

From Bernard Sumner

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

From Bernard Sumner

I was interested in Prozac from a personal point of view because I can be a bit moody - things do get on top of me sometimes - so I was quite keen to find out what it would do to my personality.

From Bernard Sumner