'I could do Rust in Peace again, but I don't want to. I could have followed that formula but, God, why? I would have to have done so much heroin and cocaine - and I wasn't going to. Not if I'm paying for it!' - on recording The System Has Failed

'If you've never had them, it feels like getting a porcupine pulled backwards through your dick.' (On Kidney stones)

'I'm a fighter. I don't quit. I'm probably going to record when I'm dead 'Live from his coffin'.' - on the nerve injury to his arm that brought his career to a…

'No matter how beautiful a girl is, she still shits.' - Metal Hammer interview, 1990

It's so funny because when you do smoke weed and write a song, you're like, 'Yeah, this is brilliant, this is excellent!' - and the next morning you go back an…

'I didn't want to be limited to just one genre.'

I made this big statement saying, 'I've left The Libertines.' A couple of people said, 'You can't do that! You're such a great band! What are you gonna do abou…