Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative.

I love pop music. It's not easy to write a good pop song. It may be easier to put out a fake jazz album, as Sting does from time to time.

I have one major problem with the internet: It's full of liars. There doesn't seem to be any way to answer to people lying about you.

For me all governments are my enemies and I've never made any bones about it any other way other than directly, and I don't fly the left flag or the right flag, me, I'm common sense.

Love is what you feel for a dog or a pussycat. It doesn't apply to humans.

I've never said I'm a communist.

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.