I don't think people should do biopics of living people. I'm totally opposed to that.

I wanted to remember the original energy; strip away all the glamour and limousines and tons of drugs. I wanted to get back to the revolutionary ideas, merging poetry and rhythm and rock and roll.

Spare the child and spoil the rod, I am not sellin' myself to god.

I liked being on stage, I just didn't like the theatrical aspect of being in front of people.

To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom.

Obviously, I'm not homeless. I'm not an old alcoholic. I'm not jumping trains. I just like to live in a certain way.

I wrote every day. I don't think I could have written Just Kids had I not spent all of the 80s developing my craft as a writer.