All the power's in the hands of people rich enough to buy it.

I hate it when I go out and I see parents going, 'don't do that', or 'stop doing that' when some kid's just hanging off a staircase or something. There's too much of this, 'don't do that'. The whole thing baffles me.

I learnt that fame is an illusion and everything about it is just a joke. I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at all.

When I started, they told me I only needed 3 chords and the truth... It turned out I could manage with 2 and some vague ideas.

If I had five million pounds I'd start a radio station because something needs to be done. It would be nice to turn on the radio and hear something that didn't make you feel like smashing up the kitchen and strangling the cat.

Strummer's Law: No input, no output.

It is fun to be alive. It's a hell of a lot better than being dead.