Stealing things is a glorious occupation, particularly in the art world.

The popularity of punk rock was, in effect, due to the fact that it made ugliness beautiful.

Be childish. Be irresponsible. Be disrespectful. Be everything this society hates.

What matters is this: Being fearless of failure arms you to break the rules. In doing so, you may change the culture and just possibly, for a moment, change life itself.

To be a flamboyant failure, that's better than being any kind of benign success

Don't kill the golden goose.

Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool.

I've always embraced failure as a noble pursuit. It allows you to be anti whatever anyone wants you to be, and to break all the rules.

Try managing a junkie - especially if you've never been one yourself.

What are the politics of boredom?

The Pistols were like my work of art. They were my canvas.

He was a strange mix of Heinrich Himmler and Barney the Dinosaur.

I didn’t like how my body seemed to be intent on sabotaging my brain, especially since my brain was so good at sabotaging itself.

Oh, it was 1775.” “What?” “1775. The Battle of Bunker Hill.” “Oh.” I laughed. “We learned about it the day we met, ” he added. “Another red-letter day in history.

A story is a wondrous invention.

It always seems to the brothers and the father that their brother or son didn't marry the right person.

I have learned so much making first collection that I am excited to use all of it towards making the next one even better! It's been an amazing learning curve and experience.

There are a lot of tactical decisions that, if I could have done them over, I would have.

Dad was the pitching coach, while Mom was the emotional supporter. Her unconditional love was great, and she wanted what was best for me.

When there's more sick ones than well ones, by golly the sick ones will lock the well ones up.

Life itself is but the expression of a sum of phenomena, each of which follows the ordinary physical and chemical laws.