I've always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don't write about it.

I'm not a morose person; it's just that my best songs reflect on the sadder aspects of life.

I entirely approve the measures proposed by you in relation to the Marines who are lately captives in Tripoli. Therefore execute them.

I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier.

If any of our songs ever did make it on the top ten, I'd disband the group immediately.

I think that if you become a parent, you stop being a child, and your position in relation to your parents changes.

When punk came along, I found my generation's music. I grew up listening to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd, 'cause that was what got played in the house. But when I first saw the Stranglers, I thought, 'This is it.'