Punk rock was the tsunami that threatened to drown us all in 1977.

As a young man, every bone in my body wanted to pick up a machine gun and kill Germans. And yet I had absolutely no reason to do so. Certainly nobody invited me to do the job. But that's what I felt that I was trained to do. Now no part of my upbringing was militaristic.

I've learned a huge amount because I've been tested and, more importantly, I've been trusted.

We've got to fool the fools, and plan the plans. We must rule the rules, got to stand the stands.

I only really started to go to plays and to be interested in drama 20 years ago when as an artist I was already well-rounded. I think I'm more disciplined today.

Rumors went round that I might be gay. In some ways, I was happy w/ this. Larry Rivers proved to me that a gay man could be wild, attractive, and courageous; in any case one's sexuality was becoming less of an issue every day. One of the great things about the British Mod movement was that being macho was no longer the only measure of manhood.

We are musicians, entertainers. We can do it. We have the right tools. No worries.