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People come up to me and say, 'You changed my life.' I don't think I changed anyone's life. I think their life changed while they were listening to the music.

~Bernard Sumner

Topics: Anyone Changed Come Life Listening Me Music My Life People Say Think Up Were While You I Think

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When Joy Division started, I was scared to death of having to get a normal day job.

~Bernard Sumner

Topics: Day Day Job Death Division Get Having Job Joy Joy Division Normal Scared Started

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If you start off writing an album with a band, the reality is that you're constantly in each other's company, so it's really important that you get on with each other.

~Bernard Sumner

Topics: Album Band Company Constantly Each Get Important Off Other Reality Really Start Writing You

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I always felt like there were always egos involved when I was trying to get music finished in New Order. Sometimes it would feel like I was running through water.

~Bernard Sumner

Topics: Always Egos Feel Felt Finished Get Involved Like Music New Order Running Sometimes Through Trying Water Were Would

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I was no good at anything else at school. But I was good at one thing, which was creativity.

~Bernard Sumner

Topics: Anything Anything Else Creativity Else Good One Thing School Thing Which

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I never met Morrissey.

~Bernard Sumner

Topics: Met Never

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There were certain things I couldn't do with New Order without upsetting the rest of the band, so I started to write some solo stuff.

~Bernard Sumner

Topics: Band Certain Certain Things New Order Rest Solo Some Started Stuff Things Upsetting Were Without Write

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II'm quite a successful musician, but I'm not sure if it's my vocation.

~Bernard Sumner

Topics: Musician Quite Successful Sure Vocation

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I used to be a party monster, very into Acid House, which I saw as my weekend reward for working hard all week.

~Bernard Sumner

Topics: Acid Hard House Monster Party Reward Saw Used Very Week Weekend Which Working Working Hard

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Playing live is great, but it's not a creative thing, really. It's a reproductive thing.

~Bernard Sumner

Topics: Creative Great Live Playing Really Reproductive Thing

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Musician

Born: January 4th, 1956

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