If I can entertain people and get them to open up a little bit, then they're much more conducive to any ideas I might have, whether they're about relationships or politics. The most interesting songs, I think, are the ones where the two overlap.

I try and write honestly about what I see around me now.

I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash.

War what is it good for? It's good for business.

Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers.

Baptists burn more slowly.

Today, rather than talk in terms of ideology or ideas like socialism, I think more important issues to discuss are things like compassion and accountability.