When punk began to be a genre, people were going to go out and try to mine it. Some of the better groups, like the Ramones and the Sex Pistols, were very artificial.

Television sounded really different than the Ramones sounded really different than us sounded really different than Blondie sounded really different than the Sex Pistols.

I always think the Sex Pistols and the Ramones as very, very important because they stripped things down.

I never intended for the Sex Pistols to be immeasurably successful.

The Sex Pistols was a part of my life. Just a small part.

I started going to Madame Louise's, the lesbian club where all the punk bands used to go - the Sex Pistols, the Clash. I remember seeing Billy Idol walk in there; he was gorgeous.