- On Glen Matlock, the original bassist for The Sex Pistols: "I kind regret him leaving, because Sid (Vicious) couldn't play a fuckin' note."
- On how he learned to play guitar: I would wake up in the morning, take a Black Beauty (Speed), and play one little note for like, 5 hours.
- On the Sex Pistols' contribution to the music business at the time: "We're not into music. We're into chaos."
- Talking about an old shirt that Ronnie Biggs gave him: "I've got a shirt of his, know anyone who wants it - I'll flog it to 'em."
- I lost everything financially and emotionally. I was literally walking up and down Hollywood Boulevard with one pair of jeans and one pair of tennis shoes, looking to steal a handbag off some old lady to get another fix. - talking about his heroin addiction, during the 1980s
- [on his radio show] We had a young band in here a few days ago and I just don't understand. These younger musicians in bands, twenty ... twenty-three years old, they don't have anything to say! When I was twenty-one we were in it for a laugh, but these younger bands ... they just don't have a clue. It's like pulling teeth to get them to say anything. - August 2005
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