What we get in punk these days is the "anti-anti": Someone comes up with something, then the next generation is against that, and then the next generation is against that, and then that thing becomes a problem. There's these layers of anti-, and so many of them are just so self-serving. It's not about larger freedom.

Punk is no longer a subculture or a counterculture in any way. It's totally just a small reflecting mirror for the same things that go on in larger culture.

What we get in punk these days are layers of 'anti-', and so many of them are so self-serving. It's not about larger freedom.

The future of punk rock has nothing to do with guitars. Everything interesting that I've heard in years has been nearly all electronic.

People aren't really paying attention when they're listening to your record, so unless you're shouting exactly what you want them to hear, they don't pay attention.

There's definitely privilege in the upper classes, but as a whole, music can be enjoyed by anybody who can gather around a radio.

Art is the one thing that's the universal virtue that you can have in any class.