I think it's a nice payback. There aren't many people that kind of give back to artists that were their inspiration. Most people think they're . . . they're very self bloated.

Play before you get good, because by the time you get good, you're too old to play

Marriage is worse than dying. Why stay with one person for fifty years? We advise against marriage.

To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.

To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'.

What they teach you in school doesn't prepare you for life. Textbooks don't compare to living in the real world. Rock and roll teaches you how to live.

When a band like Blondie re-forms, you wish them the best.