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

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" If you were to look back at me as a school kid you'd see a very quiet little church mouse kind of character. "

" I love boating - not flash, 'noisy go fast' nonsense, but the general relaxation of it. My wife and I love to get in our little Wellcraft and go as far out to sea as we can, hopefully beyond land. That is the best thing you can ever do. It clears your psyche. "

" The real color of my hair is mouse. I always want to be ginger, which I was when I was born, or blond, because I live in L.A., and I want to look like I go surfing without any physical effort. "

" I've always said, I thought the Sex Pistols was more Music Hall than anything else - because I think that really, more truths are said in humour than any other form. "

" I don't have any expensive habits. I'm not a car collector or any of that nonsense. But I'd love to be incredibly wealthy for no reason at all. "

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

" Heaven is on this earth. There are no angels on the clouds with twanging harps... That's just another man's fantasy. "

" Records were vitally important to the development of music and of all music cultures. With that being pushed by the wayside, I can't see an iPod uniting us. In fact it separates us, the streets are full of people bumping into lamp posts, listening to their own little universe, and there's no sharing in that. "

" The only good political movement I've seen lately was Occupy Wall Street. They had no leaders, which was genius. But unfortunately it always ends up with some hippy playing a flute. "

" I like America's diversity and its landscapes. "

" There's no harm in me. Really, I'm just a big kid. "

" Periods of inactivity, I don't know such things. I'm consistently writing. My life is busy. It always is. There are hardly any moments for self-indulgent laziness. "

" Do what I want, be honest to myself and then it would do good for others, that's all, full on. "

" It's volatile, the marriage. Which one isn't? Nothing better than a good, full-on row. Get it all out. Say rude and nasty things. And then be sorry. Genuinely sorry, afterwards. "

" I've never said I'm a communist. "

" I don't have huge bank accounts. I'd love one. But it wouldn't change much. I don't have any expensive habits. I'm not a car collector or any of that nonsense. But I'd love to be incredibly wealthy for no reason at all. "

" Art should be life. It's an imitation of life. It should have some humanity in it. "

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

" You gotta bear in mind, the youth - and this is just in Britain alone - have nowhere to go in the evenings. They've closed all the social centers. There's not even a patch of grass to kick a ball on. "

" There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it. "

" When you come from desperate poverty, and that's exactly what I come from, you know that nonsenses are not to be tolerated. I'm not sure who gains from chaos, but I know it's not the poor folks in the council flats. The politics of vindictiveness is never, ever anything like a solution. "

" I think I have something valid to say. My words are my bullets. I like to brag that somehow I got it right. "

" Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative. "

" Having a birthday cake squashed into your face by young kids? Delicious. I always don a Santa suit at Christmas. Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence. "

" When you grew up like me and my four brothers, you end up feeling somewhat inadequate, like somehow you don't count. I was very ill as a child and in and out of hospital. That sort of alienates you, and in my songs I put that to good use. "

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

" Over the years, during television interviews, whenever the host or the reviewer or whoever gets cynical and nasty with me, I will behave accordingly. I will defend myself. "

" 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. "

" Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed. "

" If you give me the chance, I'll destroy America for you. "