If it were a choice between me getting killed or one of my friend's kids, I would happily take the shot.

The world’s a better place since I chose music. I like the physical aspect of it, the volume and the intensity of it. It’s loud and hard. I like all that because inside me I feel like screaming.

The first Van Halen album makes Johnny Rotten out to be what he really was and still is: a hairdresser.

I never think of what it's going to be like later. I only think in the present tense. The only time I think backwards is when I have to reissue something.

I see violence in myself; I've done some pretty violent things in my lifetime and I've been around some pretty severe violence all the way up to homicide.

As far as poetry, I don't know if I've ever written any. I've read a lot. I just write and it comes out in different forms and shapes. I don't know if I'm any good at it I just really go for it and I'm very prolific book wise only because I own the company. No one tells me 'no' around here.

I was at the first Minor Threat show, and you could tell, 'This band is going to be the king of the town.' It was obvious. They were so good.