Punk was never about one particular clean-cut imagery... it's about many, many individuals coming very loosely together.

You need the past as a guideline. The history of music is a good basis, but to escape that stuff, that tortuous rulebook, you have to learn it first. It's kind of like religion - once you've written the Bible, that's it, move on.

If you ever want to know why I'm not on a record label, look at 'The X Factor!' Honestly, of all the people that strive to break barriers in music and do good things and write great lyrics, not one of them would ever pass the first round on any of these competitions.

Lollipop Opera' is the backdrop to Finsbury Park. A place that is very thriving, interracial and lot of music stores, Greek, Turkish, all sorts of immigrant music. It's utter Englishness. It blends the Jamaicans, the Irish. It's like what Jim Reeves did with American country music.

In my sex fantasy, nobody ever loves me for my mind.

I love the Swedish people for their detective novels, their archipelago, their sense of humor, their carbonated vodka, and most especially, for their wonderful hospitality.

I'm really proud to say that in the recorded history of our family, we've never had a divorce or any kind of homosexual relationship.

I'm doing like a No. 2 or a No. 1 on my head now because I just love how easy it is. I just shave my head and go out.