It's hard to describe how bloody awful music was, how desperately bad it was, how our 1960s heroes had become boring and useless. Not only were they bad - they were badly dressed.
More Quotes by Tony Wilson
We had a heroic attitude to artistic freedom, and we thought normal contracts were a bit vulgar - somehow not punk. But that was the whole point - we weren't a regular record label.
Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.
Energy, energy? Energy is, is, it's nothing more than a lot of new age hokum masquerading as religion.
Every band needs it's own special chemistry. And Bez was a very good chemist.
Factory Records would not have existed and my life would not have been what it was without Joy Division.
You either make money, or you make history.