Americans being upright and forthright and honest and true to themselves is a very hard concept.

You'll find that empty vessels make the most sound.

You can't arrest me, I'm a rockstar.

It's no good being nice and young and naive. There's no good in that at all. You've got to do it all yourself, and you've gotta learn quick. And you can't look for sympathy either.

Any new ideas go into PiL. My inspiration is everything that the human being gets up to. I don't listen to any music when I'm in PiL-zone, because influences can poison your well. Otherwise, I listen to anything.

If you were to look back at me as a school kid you'd see a very quiet little church mouse kind of character.

The so-called alleged 'art' of the video - well, the video has killed the radio star, but the video star killed the live musician, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.