I didn't have a life until I went up onstage..

Life's all about 'me' anyway.

I follow the rules until I go against them all..

I thought [ as a kid], "Maybe I don't want to start a punk band necessarily. I just want to learn to be a great songwriter," and got really into tryi….

It's good for you to go somewhere that you wouldn't normally go..

You are someone and you have a right to your life..

Ain't nobody messin' with you but you.

We were watching bands like the Ramones and Blondie and other bands beginning to ignite..

We've always said that our band is pretty much an open system and there's no rules governing anything... so who knows what the future will hold?.

History is at once freedom and necessity..

I'm thrilled to get hired every once in a while..

I started making music with my band in the 80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way..

Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music..

The great god Pan is dead..

We all become what we pretend to be..

We are not revived because we sing; we sing because we are revived..

Leadership is more doing than dash..

To be is to stand for..

My idea was to release four four-song EPs, just like all the old Limey shoegaze bands used to do..

It was about working with other musicians, but more than that it's about exploring musical areas that you could never do with the band you're in, in ….

I was 16 when I was in a band, for about 10 minutes. I went off and did acting after that. So it was a wee moment for me when I sang..