The greatest achievement of my life is enduring a disease that nearly killed me. I came out of it a better person. It's my one great accomplishment - more so than anything else I've done.

The idea of hearing, 'Great gig, man,' one more time just turns my stomach over.

Listen, you know this: If there's not a rebellious youth culture, there's no culture at all. It's absolutely essential. It is the future. This is what we're supposed to do as a species, is advance ideas.

I've created several musical trends, really. That's not because I'm so far out and fabulous. It's because most bands have no ideas of their own. They're so desperate they'll grab at any old straw.

I've always said, I thought the Sex Pistols was more Music Hall than anything else - because I think that really, more truths are said in humour than any other form.

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

Being born into the Royal Family is like being born into a mental asylum. Marrying into it is not something to be taken lightly.