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"Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers."
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"I just think that playing bass, like punk rock bass with a pick, wasn't meant to be done for 25 years."
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"When punk rock came along, the one thing you were not supposed to be was musical."
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"By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso."
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"I was in a little punk band and we put out a few punk records that weren't very political, at all."
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"The problem is we moved to LA... The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican."
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"The last true punk band to get a major label contract was The Dickies."
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"If anyone comes along, I'm more than happy to welcome them, but I'm not interested in world domination."
World

"As long as my body holds out, I'll be grooving when I'm 70, and not some sort of horrible spectacle."
Body

"I like being a big fish in a small pond. I'm not interested in a huge audience because it brings headaches."
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"Going to Nashville to meet the in-laws was the first time when I'd been in America and not been seen as some sort of eccentric character with a cute accent."
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"When punk rock came along, the one thing you were not supposed to be was musical."
Punk

"I'm playing to the sort of people who like the same records."
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"You've got to really know your song, inside and out."
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"They tell me I produced songs. I just stood in the back, wore a good suit and said, Yeah, that's happening."
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"The world is full of musicians who can play great, and you wouldn't cross the road to see them. It's people who have this indefinable attitude that are the good ones."
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"The number of contemporary artists who appeal to me is infinitesimal."
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