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.

We're Sex Pistols, we ain't fake.

I think I have something valid to say. My words are my bullets. I like to brag that somehow I got it right.

I love books, and all the best ones are people analysing their own emotions. You can learn from that.

I love being alive so much. When you come out of comas in your childhood, every moment awake is a joyous occasion.

I mean, the genuine roots of culture is folk music.

When you grew up like me and my four brothers, you end up feeling somewhat inadequate, like somehow you don't count.