Punks in their silly leather jackets are a cliché. I have never liked the term and have never discussed it. I just got on with it and got out of it when it became a competition.

I'd rather give up my ears than my eyes, which might sound unusual for a musician.

Just because people think politically different to you doesn't mean they're inhuman.

The only notes that matter come in a wad

Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense.

You need the past as a guideline. The history of music is a good basis, but to escape that stuff, that tortuous rulebook, you have to learn it first. It's kind of like religion - once you've written the Bible, that's it, move on.

When you talk like an asshole and look like an asshole, you're an asshole