My mother loved rock and roll. She loved high-energy music.

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

I like energy. I like to feel it cracklin', I like sexual energy in a room, and I like tension.

When I was young, I knew William Burroughs really well. And William's secret desire, which he never quite did, was to write a straightforward detective novel.

We need a new cosmology. New gods. New sacraments. Another drink.

I always wear the same thing onstage.

I'm not a critic. I'm not a journalist. I'm not a philosopher. Arguing that punk has run its course is like saying painting ran its course after the Renaissance. Punk is an idea. It's freedom. And it'll be around 200 years from now for the people who want it.