Stupid f***ing white man.

It meant a kind of real liberation of expression. It embraced amateurism in a way that I still am inspired by. It was not about trying to get, you know, stadium gigs or even commercial radio play or even record deals for that matter. It was about saying something 'cause you meant it, and expressing something that you felt. And that was primary for that - whatever the scene, whatever punk rock means, it was very, very important to me, very formative.

I thought The Limits of Control could be interpreted in two ways: as the limits of one's self-control; and as the limits of allowing other people's control over one's - consciousness - which I kind of thought was a double meaning that was appropriate.

I'm not putting down anyone that does look at their work in that way, but for me I am a hardcore amateur.

If anyone tells you there is only one way, their way, get as far away from them as possible, both physically and philosophically.

Just write a poem as if you're writing a note to one other person.

You can define everything as being political and analyze it politically.