Idol: "If your world doesn't allow you to dream, move to one where you can."

Idol: "Part of the punk attitude was that you should project your music through your whole body... show your personality as much as possible."

Idol: "I don't think punk ever really dies, because punk rock attitude can never die."

Idol: "They wouldn't play my records on American radio because I had spiky hair. They said, 'Punk rock doesn't sell advertising, it won't make any money.'"

Idol: "I love it when someone insults me. That means that I don't have to be nice anymore."

Idol: "There was a time when my whole life was in chaos, really, and I didn't help myself sort it out. But one day I came to my senses, and I think I was lucky because a lot of people don't."

Idol: "The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm stupid."

Idol: "It doesn't matter about money; having it, not having it. Or having clothes, or not having them. You're still left alone with yourself in the end."

Idol: "I don't care what stage or what reason, as long as we're playing."

Idol: "I am quite a romantic person, really, and I should have put that into my music earlier, but I was probably denying it... I didn't want to be soft because I felt I had to be so hard to get people to believe in me."

Idol: "The world goes on, you go on and you change. You want to show the fans those changes, and you want to be able to verbalize them."

Idol: "My hair used to be real long, and my parents were encouraged when I cut it. They thought I was going 'straight,' but I was just getting weirder - at least in their eyes. I was getting into the punk thing."

Idol: "I think love's exciting and happy, as well as being able to make you sad."