I don't like answering to other people's philosophies. I don't have any philosophy, I just believe in stuff. Either I believe in something or I don't. Like, I believe in the Rolling Stones but not in the Dave Clark Five. There's nothing philosophic about it. Whenever I'm linked with a movement, it pisses me off.

...my camera is my friend, and I take it everywhere.

The film [Dream of Life] doesn't hide anything, except maybe moments of sorrow or darkness that belonged to me.

The thing I've always liked about performing is that I decide what I want to wear, whether I want to comb my hair.

I got over the loss of his desk and chair, but never the desire to produce a string of words more precious than the emeralds of Cortés.

Punk rock is just another word for freedom.

A lullaby should be timeless because it's a timeless concept - the birth of the child.