I thought the original Communist revolutionaries coordinated themselves a bit better and didn't go around shouting about it.

We were always going to dump him when we found a decent drummer.

There are a lot of people walking around with long hair now and some trendy middle class kids in pretty clothes. But nothing changed except that we all dressed up a bit, leaving the same bastards running everything.

Songwriting is like ... being possessed. You try to go to sleep but the song won't let you.

Happiness is a good vibe for peace.

I feel now at 53 I have grown into a deeper understanding of what a human life is.

Songwriting is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed. You try to go to sleep, but the song won't let you. So you have to get up and make it into something, and then you're allowed to sleep. It's always in the middle of the night, or you're half-awake or tired, when your critical faculties are switched off. So letting go is what the whole game is. Every time you try to put your finger on it, it slips away. You turn on the lights and the cockroaches run away. You can never grasp them...