I smoked 20 cigarettes to get that sound because I'd read that John Lennon smoked a load of cigarettes on "Twist and Shout".

- Steve Diggle

Punk gave me the strength to think, "Yeah, you can stand up and be counted, and do what you want in life, and not be hoodwinked by it all," in a simp…

- Steve Diggle

People wonder if the Pearl Jam audience will get into The Buzzcocks. Eddie Vedder is a big Buzzcocks fan. He used to come to see Buzzcocks before he …

- Steve Diggle

When you're writing you're affected by everything that's going on around you.

- Steve Diggle

When I've met people that work in any walk of life they say, "If it wasn't for punk I wouldn't be doing it this way." I think spiritually, it did cha…

- Steve Diggle

It is kind of weird being the last gang in town.

- Steve Diggle

We're making music to help people think and bring them together, that's our role; we're not siding with anybody

- Steve Diggle

A lot of people [in the U.S.] used to say punk really didn't change anything, but I think it did. It was an intangible thing, not a visible thing. It…

- Steve Diggle

I like The Smiths as well. They took a cue from The Buzzcocks. They have jangly guitars instead of distorted guitars. All the Manchester bands have a…

- Steve Diggle