Genesis P-Orridge Quotes

Over the years, Joy Division has become a huge part of music culture.

A poetic, sensitive, tortured soul, the Ian Curtis of the myth - he was definitely that.

When The Fall pummeled their way into my nervous system, circa 1983, it was as if a world that was familiar - and which I had thought too familiar, too quotidian to feature in rock - had returned, expressionistically transfigured, permanently altered.

What is remarkable about Joy Division is the way they are bereft of two of the mainstays of most other rock and pop: longing and supplication.

Bob Dylan is my idol. Everybody has that person growing up that made them see things a little differently than they did before, Dylan is that guy for me. My dad gave me the 'Blonde on Blonde' album on cassette tape when I was seven or eight. It took me a while to get into Dylan's vibe, but once I did, I never looked back.

My favorite band is probably The Cure. We can throw Talking Heads in there too, I listen to them a lot. But The Cure.

I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

My favourite singer ever in the world is Ari Up from The Slits. Her voice is amazing to me. It's carefree, but it's also really amazing.

I have a tattoo of Joy Division on my chest, and I like One Direction.

I love punk, I love a lot of British Invasion bands, I love garage bands.

Too pop for punk, too 'old school' for the New Wave, Mumps were a '70s era New York rock band, out of time.

There's a focus that hasn't been there for ages and ages and some American bands are sounding quite English like they did in the late 70s and early 80s.

After the Ramones, it was more about new wave for me than punk.

'Movement' sounded like Joy Division, but 'Power, Corruption & Lies' is the first New Order record.

Most people have just heard Joy Division on record. And Joy Division on record was completely different than it was live.

When I listen to Joy Division, it doesn't sound particularly English.

A lot of people don't know that the Go-Go's came from the L.A. punk scene.

Joy Division finished the 1970s on a high. Our debut album, 'Unknown Pleasures,' was doing well; we'd just finished a hugely enjoyable and successful tour. The band's profile was higher than it had ever been, and it seemed to be growing by the day.

We're more of a rock band and we have a punk influence and a pop influence.

I love Eighties rock.

Okay, I like the Clash. I like Tears for Fears. I like A-ha.

My dream would be to be like Tina Weymouth from Talking Heads. Her style and everything about her, she's just the coolest human being.

I like stuff like Joy Division and Verdi, and then some naff stuff.

I remember Simple Minds, Echo and the Bunnymen, Nina Hagen, Elvis Costello and Duran Duran. And the best concert I ever saw was the Rolling Stones, in the stadium of Sporting Lisbon.

I listen to everything from The Cure and The Clash to Prince and George Clinton.