The people who were learning from me tended to be more commercial performers who were gonna rip off the salient idea to do it in a way that will sell, but they weren't going for the music.

When the 'godfather of punk' thing started floatin' around, it was, I was really, really embarrassed. I thought I should have a great, big rig and a cape and everything, and it was very embarrassing. And then after a while, you learn that if people call you anything, this is a great gift.

Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when there’s a current and just stare into the water. I don’t fish, I don’t hunt, I don’t scuba, I don’t spear, don’t boat, don’t play basketball or football – I excel at staring into space. I’m really good at that.

I like music that's more offensive. I like it to sound like nails on a blackboard, get me wild.

Stages are getting higher and higher, and I'm getting older and older.

When it comes to art, money is an unimportant detail. It just happens to be a huge unimportant detail.

The 2 things I like the most are girls and loud noises.