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" I think national pride leads to nothing but wars and hate. "

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

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

" Books are like my one and only joy. "

" I love conversation and the sharing of different thoughts and philosophies. That kind of stuff always makes me happy. I don't mind interviews, either - I like doing them. "

" U2 - that's a band that never should have existed. There's no life experience in any of their songs. "

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

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

" Listen, you know this: If there's not a rebellious youth culture, there's no culture at all. It's absolutely essential. It is the future. This is what we're supposed to do as a species, is advance ideas. "

" I like crazy people, especially those who don't see the risk. "

" You have moments of grief in life, and if you can put pen to paper and capture that, that's something wonderful. I can revisit actual songs about past deaths, and I know that emotion is as true now as it was then. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Look, if the Situationists achieved what they wanted, they would be very unhappy and they would have to be Situationists all over again. It's a never-ending process. "

" If anyone asks for your autograph they're showing you respect and give it back to them. "

" Occasionally, a re-enactment is a fine thing. I love Civil War re-enactments. "

" Every single lyric I've ever written I meant. "

" 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. "

" I never take any commitment lightly, and I certainly don't take my wife lightly. I never did and I never will. That's permanent. That's true love. "

" Don't accept the old order. Get rid of it. "

" Pop music I have always loved best. But the more extreme, fascist-led examples of the music business I tend to detest the most. "

" Situationism is a ludicrous proposition. It's ill-formed and it's perfectly French. That Gallic disposition towards common sense. L'Anarchie! "

" Do not stand in the middle, go to the right or to the left. "

" Move to Italy. I mean it: they know about living in debt; they don't care. I stayed out there for five months while I was making a film called 'Order Of Death,' and they've really got it sussed. Nice cars. Sharp suits. Great food. Stroll into work at 10. Lunch from 12 till three. Leave work at five. That's living! "

" 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. "

" People don't like other poor people, and rather than blame the people that make you all poor, you blame each other. "

" People should never allow themselves to be dictated to by media. "

" Americans being upright and forthright and honest and true to themselves is a very hard concept. "

" I love consumerism, TV culture, shopping malls. There's nothing I'd ever buy, but I like being there. It's wacky. "