Our culture has become something that is completely and utterly in love with its parent. It's become a notion of boredom that is bought and sold, whe….

Stealing things is a glorious occupation, particularly in the art world..

I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. I….

Nothing changes and very little happens in Paris. This is a great place to work without distraction - and then I run away to New York, where I have a….

Sid Vicious began the age of participation in which everyone could be the artist. Sid proved that you don't have to play well to be the star. You can….

I saw a picture of Elvis in blue lame, and thought that if I could recreate that suit and walk down the King's Road in it, someone might pick me up a….

Be childish. Be irresponsible. Be disrespectful. Be everything this society hates..

Through all aspects of society be it art, design, the financial markets, government, technology or communications we are witnessing unprecedented glo….

The Pistols were like my work of art. They were my canvas..

I've always embraced failure as a noble pursuit. It allows you to be anti whatever anyone wants you to be, and to break all the rules..

I was taught that to create anything you had to believe in failure, simply because you had to be prepared to go through an idea without any fear. Fai….

To be a flamboyant failure, that's better than being any kind of benign success.

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

I always feel more comfortable in chaotic surroundings. I don't know why that is. I think order is dull. There is something about this kind of desire….

There are two rules I've always tried to live by: turn left, if you're supposed to turn right; go through any door that you're not supposed to enter.….

Everyone should be commended for allowing people to make disasters, to make failures - you've just got to be sure that it's a magnificent failure and….

The thing about Paris, it's a great city for wandering around and buying shoes and nursing a cafe au lait for hours on end and pretending you're Baud….

Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool..

It was never about having a Mohican haircut or wearing a ripped T-shirt. It was all about destruction, and the creative potential within that..

What matters is this: Being fearless of failure arms you to break the rules. In doing so, you may change the culture and just possibly, for a moment,….

Don't kill the golden goose..