The days are usually filled with nonsense and every now and again somebody flies by the circus to party on your dime.

- Ian Astbury

Peace on earth and good will toward men - that is something we need to work on. Like Nelson Mandela, we should learn from him.

- Ian Astbury

If you want to go put on a bathrobe and go walk down the street, excellent. I think it's more about trying to get an individual style than trying to …

- Ian Astbury

We never considered ourselves part of the goth thing.

- Ian Astbury

You get paid and you get venerated and worshipped for pretending to be somebody else.

- Ian Astbury

I didn't join a band. I didn't start a band. I got asked to do it. It kinda happened by accident.

- Ian Astbury

Occasionally I like a really good pair of shoes. A pair of leather shoes from Gieves & Hawkes in England, Buckshot Brogue, they look really sick.

- Ian Astbury

I do know that there is a difference between artists who are career-driven and artists who have a calling and are just compelled to make music, compe…

- Ian Astbury

I'm much more interested in Mike Tyson than I am in Morrissey.

- Ian Astbury