Ian Curtis quotes
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“Existence is.. well.. what does it matter? I exist on the best terms I can. The past is now part of my future. The present is well out of hand.”
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“You cry out in your sleep - all my failings expose. There's a taste in my mouth, as desperation takes holdJust that something so good just can't function no more. When love, love will tear us apart again.”
-- Ian CurtisSource : "So This is Permanence: Joy Division Lyrics and Notebooks".
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“All my lyrics are open to interpretation by the individual and imply many different meanings, therefore their relevance is purely subjective.”
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“Well, subconsciously I suppose some things must stick but I'm not influenced consciously by them.”
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“Pictures all around, of how good a life should be, a model for the rest, that bred insecurity, I walked a jagged line and then came back for more, it's always in my mind, an institution with no law.”
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“Nothing seems real anymore. Even the flames from the fire seem to beckon to me, drawing me into some great past life buried somewhere deep in my subconscious, if only I could find the key..if only..if only. Ever since my illness, my condition, I've been trying to find some logical way of passing my time, of justifying a means to an end.”
-- Ian CurtisSource : Ian Curtis (2014). “So This is Permanence: Joy Division Lyrics and Notebooks”, p.24, Faber & Faber
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“Reality is only a dream, based on values and well worn principles, whereas the dream goes on forever.”
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“I struggle between what I know is right in my own mind, and some warped truthfulness as seen through other people's eyes who have no heart, and can't see the difference anyway.”
-- Ian CurtisSource : "Fictional character: Sam Riley". "Control", www.imdb.com. 2007.
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“I used to work in a factory and I was really happy because I could daydream all day.”
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“When routine bites hard, and ambitions are low. When resentment rides high, but emotion won't grow...and we're changing our ways, taking different roads. Love will tear us apart.”
-- Ian CurtisSource : Ian Curtis (2014). “So This is Permanence: Joy Division Lyrics and Notebooks”, p.77, Faber & Faber
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“Love, love will tear us apart, again.”
-- Ian CurtisSource : Ian Curtis (2014). “So This is Permanence: Joy Division Lyrics and Notebooks”, p.77, Faber & Faber
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