Punk was never about one particular clean-cut imagery... it's about many, many individuals coming very loosely together.

I don't like the monikers, and I don't like being pigeonholed. You know, I'm a human being.

My entire life, socially, was all around the Maggie era. That was the great challenge as a Sex Pistol was how to deal with Margaret Thatcher. I think we did rather good.

Some of us are born big-minded with small penises. Others have big penises and small-minded.

I'm no one's lap dog, you can't put me on a leash.

I like lime-flavoured yoghurt. The end. There is no religion. It’s a man-made fabrication. Once you understand that, you’ll be a happier individual. Atheism is as pointless as satanism.

What do you have to do to get people to take an interest? I'm not going to go out and cause a silly sex scandal just to sell a record!