Turn the other cheek too often and you get a razor through it.

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!

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

I went to visit Alcatraz years ago when I was on tour with the Pistols, and I really liked the atmosphere of the place. I genuinely, really, thoroughly enjoyed the whole morning there. I just liked the quietness and stillness of what is basically a cruel prison complex. I still found some kind of joy in that. That's how I am.

I'm aware of my songs. I'm aware of them because they're about true emotions, true feelings, things that matter.

Love is two minutes and fifty-two seconds of squishy sounds.

You should never, ever be understood completely. That's like the kiss of death, isn't it? It's a full stop. I don't ever think you should put full stops on thoughts. They change.