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

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" You'll find that empty vessels make the most sound. "

" Gossip is a very dangerous tool. We should be more wary of the gossiper, and not the gossip they're trying to relay to you. "

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

" I went to visit Alcatraz years ago when I was on tour with the Pistols, and I really liked the atmosphere of the place. I genuinely, really, thoroughly enjoyed the whole morning there. I just liked the quietness and stillness of what is basically a cruel prison complex. I still found some kind of joy in that. That's how I am. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" There's many, many ways to write a song. But generally, sitting down at a table and writing is not one of them. "

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

" It's no good being nice and young and naive. There's no good in that at all. You've got to do it all yourself, and you've gotta learn quick. And you can't look for sympathy either. "

" Until I see an Arab country, a Muslim country, with a democracy, I won't understand how anyone can have a problem with how they're treated. "

" You're made to feel ugly, and I made ugly beautiful. Just by sheer persistence. Nobody has the right to say that I am ugly, and I will not be a professional victim, you know. Sorry! "

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

" 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 keep falling off the edge of the stage because I can't see it. I can't see my wrinkles in the mirror either, though. "

" For a gun-toting nation, Americans are surprisingly passive. "

" 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. "

" The record companies fell apart - quite deservedly. Their corrupting, all-binding contract nonsense had to stop. "

" I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. "

" I don't release records to be anything but enjoyable. "

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

" I love a bit of flag-waving. "

" I find Lady Gaga hilarious. And I kind of like her. My heart's warmed to her. "

" We need wealthy dogs off the seats of power. They're taking us back to feudalism and I really don't want that. But I'm very far from being a socialist. "

" As a human being, I'm work in process. "

" I think there's something basically wrong with the general public that they do need their icons. "

" I had an Irish Catholic education. Horrible nuns, vindictive and cruel. "

" If you can sort out why you feel the way you do then you might be in better shape to meet your maker. "

" Some song ideas absolutely require a kind of rigid discipline, and others require absolute chaotic abandon. The form is only valid if you know how to un-form it. I don't mean to sound like an intellectual here! "