Julian Cope

Maybe rock 'n' roll isn't music. Maybe people just need to be reminded that the world ain't the way they think it is.

I'm trying to do it my way. For me to be happy in the business means I have to do it myself.

I'm going to become the best-remembered artist of my generation by staying away from the party as often as possible. That way, people will remember me, not because I was great, but because I didn't cause them any later embarrassment.

Use it or lose it is a cliche because it's true.

I think you can have the greatest lyrics in the world and if it doesn't have the best tune in the world it will suck. I mean if the music wasn't important it would just be a poem.

The people who make history are not the people who make it who are there but the people who make it and then write about it.

To rally every black sheep is my goal.

I signed contracts I didn't think were a good idea but people around me said it was the way forward. It saddens me that I'll never own my first album ever, which sucks.

I'd spent my childhood thinking bad things, bad things every day. It had made me sick, but it had made me determined.

The way people see you is the way you really are.

My mission was always intended to be slightly outside the public eye, because that makes me appear more interesting than I really am. A lot of people don't realise that merely by staying away, you can create a myth.

I realize myself that hate wastes a lot of time and energy and I would rather re-direct any energy that I have to good and positive use.

Yeah. I do get incredibly anxious. Almost borderline panic attacks.