The break-up of a relationship is always difficult, especially a 30-year one.

I'm one of those old cynics that thinks, whoever you vote for, the government always gets in.

Any coalition, especially where one party is more powerful than the other, it's always bound to have a pecking order.

Bass players are always the underdogs of the band, but I made sure that I was never viewed as one. I went out of my way to steal as much limelight as I could.

I'm not a good flyer. Because I do it so much, I think the odds of something going wrong are not in my favour.

I look back on Joy Division very fondly indeed. I know that, of course, the band came to a tragic end, but that does not change the fact that Joy Division was a great band to be a part of.