I Don't Think Punk Ever Really Dies,

My Hair Used To Be Real Long, And My Parents Were Encouraged When I Cut It. They Thought I Was Going 'straight,' But I Was Just Getting Weirder - At Least In Their Eyes. I Was Getting Into The Punk Thing.

When I Started Out, Everyone Seemed To Be Adopting These Names... Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious. I Wasn't Really Rotten Or Vicious Or Nasty, So I Wanted Something A Bit More Funny - Yet Something That Seemed Real Rock 'n' Roll... Something That Acknowledged My Ambition.

My Dad Was One Of The Reasons I Got Into Rock And Roll, Because I Was Learning The Ropes Of His Business, Which Was Selling Powertools, And I Was Looking For A Way Out From Under His Heel. I Was Like, 'where's The Fun? Where's The Glamour?

I Am Quite A Romantic Person, Really, And I Should Have Put That Into My Music Earlier, But I Was Probably Denying It... I Didn't Want To Be Soft Because I Felt I Had To Be So Hard To Get People To Believe In Me.

I Don't Care What Stage Or What Reason, As Long As We're Playing.