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I was really into punk. I was 11 years old; I had a blue mohican.

When someone asks you, 'What's punk?' my reply is, 'If you have to ask, you're never going to know.'

Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers.

When I was signed, that was before the punk thing even happened.

I always said punk was an attitude. It was never about having a Mohican haircut or wearing a ripped T-shirt. It was all about destruction, and the creative potential within that.

I was a punk before it got its name. I had that hairstyle and purple lipstick.

What was punk all about? To me, it was if you really want to do something, go ahead and do it.

I've known a lot of people who were punkers who went on to get academic degrees. Very few of them, however, continued their active role in the punk community. Most of them hung up their leather jacket when they did so.

When I was 13, I kind of got into the punk scene. I realized it was easier to wear a pair of combat boots and jeans and a beat-up T-shirt. I think of it as a uniform.