In the city of Pyongyang, you don't have to look very far to see an image of the Great Leader, Kim Il Sung. They love the guy. He is responsible for the wonder that is North Korea.

The government is a functionary of the corporations - and there's nothing new about that. You can find people in the 1930s talking about the army basically working for Wall Street in all of these countries [it invades].

Stockholders are used to a certain kind of global capitalism. This version is very hard on the environment and very hard on people below a certain fiscal level. It is a calculated, systematic weakening of people. Many labour, a few benefit. Try talking about cleaning up the place with these people. The hostility is incredible.

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

It is our destiny to be born beautiful into an ugly age.

Joe Strummer, Johnny Rotten, and Ian MacKaye were all people who really made me see things differently.

We are occupants. No one has any lasting purchase on life or on the planet.