There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all about. It's a lifestyle. It's not about popularity and all that crap.

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A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a...

A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a...

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me...

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me...

Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I...

Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I...

Moshing and broken glass just don't go together.

Moshing and broken glass just don't go together.

No one's really happy anyway, it's not human.

No one's really happy anyway, it's not human.

I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns...

I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns...

I'd love to go to art school. I'd love to learn how to draw. I'd...

I'd love to go to art school. I'd love to learn how to draw. I'd...

I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to...

I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to...

Never run in the rain with your socks on.

Never run in the rain with your socks on.

The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.

The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids.

Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.

Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.

School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobodys perfect, so why practice?

School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobodys perfect, so why practice?

I write everything on a xylophone!

I write everything on a xylophone!

If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you'll end up saying...

If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you'll end up saying...

I sort of enjoy the fact that I'm misunderstood most of the time. That's fine.

I sort of enjoy the fact that I'm misunderstood most of the time. That's fine.

I'm very monogamous.

I'm very monogamous.

We put everything we had into this record, just like we do with every other...

We put everything we had into this record, just like we do with every other...

People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that...

People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that...

I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.

I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.

What is going on in America is extreme. The youth cult, they worship youth so...

What is going on in America is extreme. The youth cult, they worship youth so...