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I remember starting out and covering songs.

'Unknown Pleasures' is a very important record for me. It was the first LP that I recorded.

Cover versions, that's my forte, that's all I ever used to do. When you play your own songs, it's quite scary, 'cause I'm quite honest and open, they can be very revealing. But covers, I don't have to think about, just get me up there!

Normally when we go in and write the songs we write, we think about doing a cover, but never a covers record. That would be, for us, a concept. We don't want to have a concept!

I wanted to write songs that were as good as the covers.

I've always loved doing covers. Some artists don't like covers. Some listeners don't like covers. But I love them. It gives you a new perspective production-wise. It's easier for me, if I'm starting a new record, I like to produce a few songs that aren't mine just so it frees me up not to worry about it so much.

I hadn't been a recording artist all that long when albums came on the scene, and I was one of the first singers to point the way to how varied an album's contents could be.

It's pretty crazy the amount of people that have covered my songs.

I don't think I'd ever make an album of just covers because I love writing my own music.

My shows are always a mix of songs from all my albums with some rocking covers thrown in for fun.