Tweeting is something you can do wherever you are, on your phone, on the computer, in an airport lounge. It's easy to do, and I do find it fun to communicate with people. It's quite nice that we can have almost direct contact with anyone in the world at any time. I don't know how important it is in terms of one's career. It seems to be pretty much superfluous in terms of that, but it's nice to communicate.

One door closes and another one opens.

Drugs became an obsession, like Culture Club had been, like religion later became although I'm through with that now.

Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.

I think people could be a bit friendlier. The only real contact you have with people is when they're annoyed if you've had a party - you know, it's been a bit too noisy for them or something.

As a kid, I would've loved to get a tweet from David Bowie or Joan Rivers or Tom Cruise. It's great that you can communicate with people and it's instant.

Leigh [Bowery] obviously loved having me in the club because I would attract media, and he loved and lived for his column inches.