RADNESS

"I don’t know about art but I know what I like." ~ Lux Interior

"I've only been in love with a beer bottle and a mirror." ~ Sid Vicious

"I'm so burned out, the only person I can stand is myself. I'm the only one I would put through this. Wheels and wings, The ride is everything. I'm all I've got. I'm all I can take. Another day has destroyed a part of me. So far so good." ~ Henry Rollins

"And it's a... it's a term 'Punk Rock' that's based on contempt; it's a term that's based on fashion , style , elitism, satanism , and, everything that's rotten about rock 'n' roll." ~ Iggy Pop

RIP Sylvain Sylvain

“I was never happy at school. Playground politics always disturbed my concentration and I wasn’t particularly good with authority" ~ Poly Styrene

"No one ever sounded like The Slits or looked like them, no matter how many people tried it, or were influenced by it. It's impossible. You can't recreate that. There will never be another Sex Pistols. There will never be another Clash." ~ Ari Up

"Sid is someone I turn to in times of need. When things get bad, when times are rough, I say to myself: "What would Sid Vicious have done in this situation?", and then I choose from the lengthy list of possibilities (time-permitting): (1) Pass out, or (2) Break something." ~ Sid Vicious

"When Dee Dee would start singing, he would stop playing the guitar, because he couldn't sing and play at the same time." ~ Joey Ramone

"I have a weird life because I live on songwriting royalties, which are a strange income. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it doesn't." ~ Joe Strummer

"I never say never about anything." ~ Iggy Pop

"The problem is a lot of people don't think. The general bloke just goes through life, gets a job, gets married and all that, and that's it." ~ Paul Simonon

"Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it." ~ Jello Biafra

"I guess people assume I have some sort of totally magical life, but I'm a working musician, fortunately. I've worked on my craft, and I'm very fortunate I've been able to survive in a very competitive industry and enjoy my success. It's not easy." ~ Debbie Harry

"Apparently people don't like the truth, but I do like it; I like it because it upsets a lot of people. If you show them enough times that their arguments are bullshit, then maybe just once, one of them will say, 'Oh! Wait a minute - I was wrong.' I live for that happening. Rare, I assure you." ~ Lemmy

"No one ever sounded like The Slits or looked like them, no matter how many people tried it, or were influenced by it. It's impossible. You can't recreate that. There will never be another Sex Pistols. There will never be another Clash." ~ Ari Up

"Happiness doesn’t necessarily lie in material things. You just have to put yourself in a position to be happy. If you can do what you love for a living, that’s a good start." ~ Joan Jett