I've not been an admirer of contemporary music since punk rock went off the boil in 1977, but once a year I'll listen to 'Spiral Scratch' by the Buzzcocks, or 'Hippy Hippy Shake' by the Swinging Blue Jeans. Otherwise, I can put up with Chopin or shakuhachi flute in the background.

I don't spend a lot of time working if I can help it.

I like being on the margins. You work better there.

I've dubbed myself as an amateur, not because I work in different field, but because I do what I do for love.

I like feeling at home and knowing people. I like talking about ideas and being friendly.

I think that the mythology of Van Gogh's life, and the beauty of his paintings, is unstoppable.

I liked drawing and painting, because the only failure would be to listen to the doubters who wanted me to stop drawing and painting because 'you aren't going to make a living doing that.' I liked looking in art books at the work of painters.