When we started to do punk, we put all of these things together to create the look of an urban guerrilla - a rebel.

I was the first person to have a punk rock hairstyle.

I was a punk before it got its name. I had that hairstyle and purple lipstick.

It's true the punk fashion itself was iconographic: rips and dirt, safety pins, zips, slogans, and hairstyles. These motifs were so iconic in themselves - motifs of rebellion.

I don't think punk fashion is a specter or overemphasized - it made a big impression, as there had never been anything like it before.

My aim is to make the poor look rich and the rich look poor.