"‘You can only be so thick-skinned. You can only pretend not to care for so long before you have to admit that you hat…"

"Basically there’s a gulf between truth and untruth, I don’t want to be too mathematical about it, because I’m not ver…"

"I'm not going to be hardened by these people, to these things, I'm not going to let them destroy my feelings or my em…"

"Just when you get really wound up, you turn a corner and you're somewhere else completely. You find an Arcadian glade…"

"I made this big statement saying, "I've left The Libertines." A couple of people said, "You can't do that! You're suc…"

""We've had death threats", Pete says, "saying, 'You're evil and your days are numbered." What was it, "Don't panic bu…"

"I can't buy her diamonds, my dick's too small. I never know where I stand with her. It's either a black eye or a love…"

"You've got to understand... these days I just can't afford to get involved [with the press]. People - they turn on yo…"

"The more you read and the more you teach yourself, the less you rely on something like drugs to take you to a better …"

"Nooooooah. No, that was a big joke in the family. When I was 16, 17, I started drifting away from everything else and…"