Top 19 Quotes & Sayings by Stephen Morris

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English musician Stephen Morris.

Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Stephen Paul David Morris is an English drummer who is best known for his work with the rock band New Order and, previously, Joy Division. He also wrote and performed in The Other Two, a band consisting of Morris and his girlfriend and later wife, Gillian Gilbert. Morris also participated in the New Order spin-off band Bad Lieutenant.

English - Musician | Born: October 28, 1957

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You grew up with America on the TV, and you think you know a place before you get there, and you have this idea of it in your head.

Stephen Morris

I really don't like it when members of bands slag each other off in the press. If you've got a problem, you should sort it out without going public.

Stephen Morris

There's nothing wrong with wanting to be in a disco band.

Stephen Morris

Music used to be a more personal thing, and it defined who you were. Now it's like wallpaper.

Stephen Morris

I remember that Martin Hannett once had an idea of making a record and burying it in his garden so that one day someone would dig it up, like a time capsule.

Stephen Morris

Nobody sells records any more, and the only way you can actually do anything is to go out and play live.

Stephen Morris

Technology is always a double-edged sword.

Stephen Morris

When you get in a band, you never consider the day it'll all just stop.

Stephen Morris

I'm surprised how many people are into vinyl.

Stephen Morris

A career is forward planning.

Stephen Morris

In the Seventies, album artwork became really beautiful items. The whole process of doing an album sleeve, it became a very artistic thing.

Stephen Morris

Nowadays, who actually listens to the tracks on an album, anyway?

Stephen Morris

You used to defend your musical values to the hilt, but now if something isn't working, you just hop to another band. My youngest daughter went from Justin Bieber to the Jonas Brothers to Joy Division in the space of a few months!

Stephen Morris

If you looked at the sound pattern of an old-fashioned record, it would be very spikey. But nowadays, there's no spikes - everything looks like a brick, so the quiet bits become louder. It's actually damaging because it's like listening to a drill.

Stephen Morris

Never stand in the middle of two people having a fight, because you'll always come off worse.

Stephen Morris

People cross the road to give me their autographs.

Stephen Morris

I always get excited over James Murphy's work and everything that comes out of DFA. I really like the way that Murphy and LCD Soundsystem mix electronic, dance and rock together.

Stephen Morris