“The Clash were a major influence on my own music. They were the best rock 'n' roll band. Thanks, Joe.”

“The best music... is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.”

“The hungry and the haunted explode in a rock'n'roll band.”

“I think that is what film and art and music do; they can work as a map of sorts for your feelings.”

“A moment comes when you cash in whatever credibility a guy can have who plays and sings rock songs for a living, and you put your chips where you think they might do some good.”

“Sherrif when the man pulls that switch, SirAnd snaps my poor head back,You make sure my pretty babyIs sittin' right there on my lap.”

“The story I have told throughout my work life I could not have told as well without Clarence.”