Paul Simonon

Being outside on your own in all weathers is exciting; it clears you out.

Obviously, a bass sounds like a bass and a guitar sounds like a guitar, but the way you play the guitar reflects your personality.

I'm not knocking conceptual art; it's another department, but it doesn't move me like painting.

We played in Texas about a year ago, at Emo's, the famous country and western club in Austin. And I figured, well, if I'm finally gonna die onstage, that's where it's going to be!

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

We read our own political content into The Clash, and they accepted it.