The only notes that matter come in a wad

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!

Music can describe emotions far more accurately than words ever can. As soon as I realised that, I knew music was where I wanted to be.

Rock n' roll is over, don't you get it? It lasted 25 years and now gets wiped out. The Sex Pistols were the bullet in the brain. They were the last rock and roll band.

If you are pissing people off, you know you are doing something right

For me, I'll always stand up for the disenfranchised, and I'm going to make a big point of that. I'm not a protest singer as such, you know? After the endurance course of the early 70s and 60s, I don't want to become one of them twats. But you got to learn to speak the truth.

This is a very difficult thing to remain independent and persistent.