I see all the musicians in Blur with equal standing, really.

Bernard Sumner

Categorized in : See Musicians Standing Blur

The drummer is the backbone of the band and is the real underrated one.

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I knew from working with New Order that I enjoyed working with Phil Cunningham.

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The guitarist always looks a bit clever because he's got so many strings and apparently knows what to do with them.

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If you choose to take a path in life, don't blame other people for the path you've chosen to take.

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If you have a bereavement in your family, it's a terrible, terrible thing. But, you know, time passes. It's part of the cycle. It doesn't hurt so much.

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I think in South America people are very, uh, they have no inhibitions and wear their hearts on their sleeves - what's the word? They're very expressive, demonstrative.

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As human beings, we all mature physically from childhood to adolescence and then into adulthood, but our emotions lag behind.

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One of the things I like about music is it's an abstract art, totally abstract, where you can convey an emotion, which I find amazing.

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There's challenges in life that present themselves unexpectedly, and if you rise to them, then those challenges will toughen you up.

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With guitar, bass and drums, you've got limited horizons.

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I'm terrible with decisions. And I can't make myself do something I don't like. I can't knuckle under.

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It's weird: people used to want your autograph; now what they want to do is to take your photograph with an iPhone. And sometimes they'll pop their arm around you to hold their iPhone; they're shaking when they take it.

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I think when you're in your 20s, going from adolescence to about 24, I think your life is a series of emotional storms that you have to weather. Life is more emotional at that time, and you're less equipped to deal with what life throws at you. I always think that if you can get past 24, than life really starts at that point.

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I've realized that I owe people a look behind the scenes of my own story, because I don't think anyone can have a true understanding of the music without an insight into where it came from.

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We didn't play any Joy Division songs for 10 years after the start of New Order, which was a very honourable thing to do even if it meant shooting ourselves in the foot.

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I think that if you're on the same team, you should be pushing in the same direction.

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I like a challenge. I like learning new skills because I didn't learn much at school.

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I think every day how incredibly lucky it is that I travel around the world playing to thousands of people.

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I'd had to cope with a lot of death and illness in my family from a young age, and that maybe gave me a bleak outlook on the world.

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It's impossible to capture every single facet of someone's personality in a film.

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