In New Order, I played about 95% of the synths. It's not much fun for the other guys in the band when I'm playing my synth parts.
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.
I think New Order have got their own sound. But what we like to do is experiment, using dance music and other things.
New Order has always been a hybrid band. We always mixed guitar, bass, drums with electronic.
The story of New Order is all about learning from our mistakes.
I always felt like there were always egos involved when I was trying to get music finished in New Order. Sometimes it would feel like I was running through water.
There were certain things I couldn't do with New Order without upsetting the rest of the band, so I started to write some solo stuff.
I'm sure every time I bring something out that isn't New Order, people say it sounds like New Order.
And you find as a writer there are certain spots on the planet where you write better than others, and I believe in that. And New Orleans is one of them.
I spent so many summers and New Years and fun times in New Orleans. It was always a place where I felt I could go and actually let go and enjoy the spirit of something.
Anything back in New Orleans is definitely nostalgic. I really played my first shows of my life and learned to perform here. I learned how to work a stage and how to connect with a crowd. It all started here.
When I was growing up, I did not exercise at all. I was raised in the French Quarter in New Orleans. If I saw someone running, I would call the police because I thought they stole something on Royal Street.
It's just hard to meet new people, in my position.
I love meeting new people and telling them about my stories and my projects that I am working on.
If you're the smartest person you know, it's time to know some new people.
I'm always meeting new people, and my list of friends seems to change quite a bit.
I was very shy. It was kind of scary to meet new people.
While I'm still healthy, while I still have ideas in this crazy head of mine, I want to contribute, and I want to do things that are going to make wrestling fans happy and are going to make new people into wrestling fans that were wrestling fans before. I want to contribute in that manner.
I tweet from bed. I love it because it's so quick. And it's funny. But it also leaves a lot of room for error because new people don't sense the sarcasm - there's no sarcasm font.
I love seeing new places and meeting new people. I'm sort of addicted to traveling.
