Julian Cope

“All the drugs in the world won't save us from ourselves.”

“The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.”

“If you're going to be a fucking rock star go be one. People don't want to see the guy next door on stage; they want to see a being from another planet.”

“My whole life has been a protest.”

“Rock'n'roll is an attitude, it's not a musical form of a strict sort.”

“I think that my career is a perfect example of what can happen when you're prepared to be an outsider.”

“History is written by the victors. The losers are always written out of history.”

“I'm not interested in being a rock star. I'm interested in being an artist.”

“I see myself as a shaman. I'm a cultural instigator.”

“All my favourite singers couldn't sing.”

“I'm an eternal optimist. I'm a pagan, so I believe in the power of the land.”

“I'm not a nostalgic person. I'm not a Luddite. I'm a futurist.”

“I've never seen the point of being normal. It's just a setting on a washing machine.”

“The music I make is a reflection of my life.”

“I don't believe in God, but I believe in the sacred.”

“The best pop music is the stuff that sounds like it could have been made by an alien.”