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.

Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed.

There are some Rolling Stones songs that are just stunners.

It's volatile, the marriage. Which one isn't? Nothing better than a good, full-on row. Get it all out. Say rude and nasty things. And then be sorry. Genuinely sorry, afterwards.

It's nice to be a part of history but people should get it right. I may not be perfect, but I'm bloody close.

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

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.