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

For better or worse, MTV sort of bridges the whole country together almost like the BBC does in England. It's opened up everything so wide that it's possible for everyone to have different ideas.

All punk is is attitude. That's what makes it. The attitude.

The Eagles and the Captain and Tennille ruled the airwaves, and we were the answer to it.

We decided to start our own group because we were bored with everything we heard... Everything was 10th-generation Led Zeppelin... Overproduced, or just junk. We missed music like it used to be.

I hate to blow the mystique, but at the time we really liked bubblegum music, and we really liked the Bay City Rollers. Their song 'Saturday Night' had a great chant in it, so we wanted a song with a chant in it: 'Hey! Ho! Let's Go!'. 'Blitzkrieg Bop' was our 'Saturday Night'.

Well, I think we're the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world.