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Bernard Sumner
Bernard Sumner
English Musician
Born: Jan 4, 1956
Life Music People Think Time You
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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. Bernard Sumner
Life You Blame People Path Other Take Choose Chosen
The drummer is the backbone of the band and is the real underrated one. Bernard Sumner
Band Backbone Drummer Underrated Real
As human beings, we all mature physically from childhood to adolescence and then into adulthood, but our emotions lag behind. Bernard Sumner
Emotions Our Adolescence Physically Adulthood Mature Childhood Behind Human Human Beings Lag Then Beings
Landscape affects you. Bernard Sumner
You Affects Landscape
Joy Division sounded like Manchester: cold, sparse and, at times, bleak. Bernard Sumner
Joy Cold Division Bleak Joy Division Like Times Manchester
I never knew my father. He'd disappeared from the scene before I was born, and I still have no idea who he is. Perhaps strangely, it's never bothered me; I certainly don't believe it's really affected me. Bernard Sumner
Me Father Before Believe Born No Idea Scene Bothered Never He Disappeared Knew Idea Perhaps Still Affected Really Strangely Certainly Who
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. Bernard Sumner
Abstract Art Music Art You Amazing One Of The Things Find Totally About Emotion Abstract Like Where Which Convey Things
With guitar, bass and drums, you've got limited horizons. Bernard Sumner
You Guitar Bass Horizons Drums Limited Got
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. Bernard Sumner
Life Time You Weather Life Is A Past Think Starts About Adolescence More Point Emotional Throws Deal Always Equipped Than Get Going Storms Really Your Less Series
I felt that by the late '90s, I'd gone as far as I could with the keyboard. Bernard Sumner
Gone Keyboard Late Could Felt As Far As Far
Part of the reason I joined Joy Division was so that I really wouldn't have to grow up. Bernard Sumner
Joy Joined Division Part Joy Division Up Really Reason Grow Grow Up
If someone throws you in a pool and you can't swim, you're going to struggle. Bernard Sumner
You Struggle Pool Someone Throws Going Swim
If you're a lead singer, then you can't afford to be sensitive. On stage, everyone looks at the lead singer, even if you don't want them to - in America, they have those massive follow spots on you all the time; it does your head in. So, if you are a lead singer and you don't toughen up, you're in the wrong job, and you have to get out. Bernard Sumner
Time You Job Stage Everyone Those Out Follow Toughen Lead Head Lead Singer Wrong Massive Singer Looks Spots Does Up Afford America Get Want Sensitive Them Then Your Even
It's not in my nature to be too literal. Bernard Sumner
Nature Too Literal
I first read about hypnotism at school, and I used to do tricks like getting a really skinny guy to arm wrestle the local bully. Bernard Sumner
School First Local Tricks About Wrestle Guy Arm Like Read Bully Getting Really Used Skinny
If something I do now sounds like something I did in the past, it's because I played it. I can't help sounding like myself. That's going to happen. The things that I play on guitar that resonate with me are probably the same things that resonated with me when I started playing in Joy Division. Bernard Sumner
Myself Me Joy Guitar Resonate Past Something Division Joy Division Like Because Sounds Did Same Going Same Things Happen In The Past Help Now Play Things Played Started Playing
If you hear a New Order track that's mostly electronic, it's generally come about through one person sitting at a computer and programming it. Bernard Sumner
You Programming About Through Computer Generally New Come Mostly Track Hear New Order Person Sitting Order Electronic
As you get older, you kind of take a more sober view of life. Bernard Sumner
Life You Older Kind More Take Get Sober View
Where I grew up was a place called Salford, which was the industrial heartland of Manchester. And where I lived in Salford, I could walk to the center of Manchester within about 20 minutes. So I lived really close to the center. Bernard Sumner
Walk Minutes About Could Industrial Within Up Close Manchester Where Grew Center Place Which Really Lived
You have to find balance. Whenever I start feeling stressed or not feeling myself, it's about balance, and it means I need to find it again. Bernard Sumner
Myself You Balance Feeling Find About Whenever Again Means Start Need Stressed
Choosing a name for a band is always a difficult thing, and I don't think people should read too much into a name because, after all, it's just a handle. It doesn't mean anything. Bernard Sumner
People Too Much Band Difficult Think Too Name Read Because Always Handle Just After Anything Mean Much Should Choosing Thing Difficult Thing
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
Life Music Me You People Listening My Life Think Changed Say Come Were Up Anyone While
When Joy Division started, I was scared to death of having to get a normal day job. Bernard Sumner
Death Day Joy Job Scared Having Division Day Job Joy Division Normal Get Started
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
You Reality Writing Important Band Other Constantly Off Get Really Company Each Start Album
I never met Morrissey. Bernard Sumner
Met Never
II'm quite a successful musician, but I'm not sure if it's my vocation. Bernard Sumner
Musician Vocation Sure Quite Successful
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