I have a sensible set of values that tell me to never lie.

Anybody who says, "Look, John, I'm a politician. Don't believe a word I say," is a friend of mine.

Punk became a circus didn't it? Everybody got it wrong. The message was supposed to be: Don't follow us, do what you want!

Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed.

Music is escapism from the grim realities of life. But then as soon as you escape into the music, from my point of view, I found I had to deal with the very things that I thought I was running away from. I wanted to hit those problems on the head and resolve them. So they didn't remain as issues in my psyche.

I love pop music. It's not easy to write a good pop song.

I've created several musical trends, really. That's not because I'm so far out and fabulous. It's because most bands have no ideas of their own. They're so desperate they'll grab at any old straw.