“Ian was living in fairyland and in our own way we all helped him to stay there.” — Deborah Curtis Copy Share Image
Factory Records would not have existed and my life would not have been what it was without Joy Division. — Tony Wilson Copy Share Image
I have a tattoo of Joy Division on my chest, and I like One Direction. — Jamie Blackley Copy Share Image
“The music was so mournful and emotional that it seemed like the only suitable thing to play.” — Deborah Curtis Copy Share Image
I like stuff like Joy Division and Verdi, and then some naff stuff. — Craig Revel Horwood Copy Share Image
I was very good friends with Ian Curtis from Joy Division. In fact, I was the last person he spoke with before… — Genesis P-Orridge Copy Share Image
“How unhappy does one have to be before living seems worse than dying?” — Deborah Curtis Copy Share Image
I love Nirvana, Joy Division, and New Order - older alternative, I guess. — Finn Wolfhard Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, albums were my closest friends, as sad as that may sound - Joy Division's 'Closer,' or Echo… — Moby Copy Share Image
I was very into New Order, Joy Division, all of that when I was younger. I had a lot of bootlegs that… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
We looked at Ian Curtis from the band Joy Division. He was a very ultra cool, non-expressive character. Cutler is confident, but… — Andrew Gower Copy Share Image
I got really passionate about music with early Smiths and Joy Division. And New Order, Sonic Youth, Cramps...kind of right across the… — Jez Williams Copy Share Image
Antarctica, one of the things that was so remarkable about it was that the ice itself is a kind of pure geometry,… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
“That night, Park made a tape with the Joy Division song on it, over and over again. He emptied all his handheld… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
Even though the hero of emo is Morrissey, the great song of emo is 'Love Will Tear Us Apart.' An emo soundtrack… — Tony Wilson Copy Share Image
What is remarkable about Joy Division is the way they are bereft of two of the mainstays of most other rock and… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
I wanted to move away from Holland for my work because I felt that things would be better for me in England.… — Anton Corbijn Copy Share Image
“The barrels were on a platform and to keep the platform level someone had shoved a quarter-inch tape box underneath it. I… — Peter Hook Copy Share Image
“Now I don't know why, but Morrissey had always hated Joy Division. Maybe Rob got it right when after a lively debate… — Peter Hook Copy Share Image
“Atmosphere" is a massive song. A lot of people say it's their favorite Joy Division song, but it's not mine; it reminds… — Peter Hook Copy Share Image
“Ten things you should always do when you form a group 1. Work with your friends 2. Find like-minded people 3. Have… — Peter Hook Copy Share Image
“16. Love will tear us apart (Joy Division) 15. Ain't no sunshine (Bill Withers) 14. Sound of silence (Simon and Garfunkel) 13.… — Michael Hopkins Copy Share Image
In the high-stakes and elitist world of music collecting and fandom, we operate from an ab ovo perspective. The seed, the first… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
In 1979, I moved to England and photographed Joy Division and Bowie and Beefheart. At that time I got images that I… — Anton Corbijn Copy Share Image
“Depression is not sadness, not even a state of mind, it is a (neuro)philosophical (dis)position. Beyond Pop’s bipolar oscillation between evanescent thrill… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's like never hearing a Joy Division album or something. I'm finally watching Twin Peaks, and I'm so into it. — Emily Ratajkowski Copy Share Image
I just want to carry on the way we [ Joy Division] are, I think. Basically, we want to play and enjoy… — Ian Curtis Copy Share Image
I would be more familiar with Janet Jackson than I was with the Teardrop Explodes or Joy Division, because I didn't want… — Robert Smith Copy Share Image
“That was the thing about Joy Division: writing the songs was dead easy because the group was really balanced; we had a… — Peter Hook Copy Share Image
When I listen to Joy Division, it doesn't sound particularly English. — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
I started listening to the Cure around the time I discovered Joy Division and, like Joy Division, they have shaped my taste… — Danielle Trussoni Copy Share Image
“I don’t think the Cure liked us. I think they resented us in some way, because we’d managed to stay cool, credible,… — Peter Hook Copy Share Image
I was attracted to the aesthetics of post-punk bands and also their specific histories. Some of these acts could have achieved the… — Veronica Vasicka Copy Share Image
There was always this sort of weird process in the development and pre-production, thinking, 'How do we get the studio tracks that… — Orian Williams Copy Share Image
I think the Control has really opened up the music to a whole new audience. I've met kids recently, kids of people… — Orian Williams Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to bands like the Cure, Joy Division, Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance - these are the bands that… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
![“I just want to carry on the way we [ Joy Division] are, I think. Basically, we want to play and enjoy what we like playing. I think when we stop doing that I think, well, that will be the time to pack it in. That'll be the end.” quote by Ian Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bda/ian-curtis-23678_division_i-just-want-to-carry-on-the-way-we-joy-d_2270989.jpg)
