Musician

I love discordancy. It makes people ill at ease and wakes up a part of their brain that's normally asleep.

I hate the technological rip-offs that pass for music formats these days, and go back to vinyl to hear a good record because the sound is always so much fuller. I don't even like listening to music in the car.

It's a repressive society where you can't be horrible, I'm not horrible, they made me horrible, I'm just honest.

I've never done anything deliberately; I just speak my mind, and that is what I consistently do and will always do in any way shape or form that I can.

I've turned arrogance into an artform, where it's so absurd that it becomes comedy. But I've never done anything to hurt anybody or steal from anyone.

People think I hate the Royal Family, but that's not true.

When I write, my brain moves faster than my hands so I'm always trying to picture things.

No matter what you experience in life, it incorporates political tendencies, and in so many ways.

Music can describe emotions far more accurately than words ever can. As soon as I realised that, I knew music was where I wanted to be.

The so-called alleged 'art' of the video - well, the video has killed the radio star, but the video star killed the live musician, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

Being born into the Royal Family is like being born into a mental asylum. Marrying into it is not something to be taken lightly.

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.

One of the most beautiful things about Britain, apart from the NHS and the free education, is the British Army.

If I'm left to my own devices, I will be tempted to make the most unlistenable music possible.

It's nice to be irritated. It's a very joyous thing.

My entire life, socially, was all around the Maggie era. That was the great challenge as a Sex Pistol was how to deal with Margaret Thatcher. I think we did rather good.

I've been asked over the years to compile a list of desert-island discs. I couldn't do that. If I was trapped on a desert island, I don't think I'd want 10 songs to bring with me.

Britain's an island; it's always had a constant ebb and flow of immigration - it makes it a better place.

Every single lyric I've ever written I meant.

I'm sort of of the belief that people kill themselves from the inside out. When they're unhappy with what they're doing, or not achieving things - when your focus is off-kilter. The thing that keeps me ticking is my values. And I maintain them, because they're worthy. I like to wake up and feel I've done no wrong. I like that feeling.