Warren Street was at the high end of the New Romantic scene. They were mostly college art students and people who knew top designers.

Leigh [Bowery] would make up stories about people committing suicide or going on hunger strikes because they were refused entry at the door.

Leigh [Bowery] would create fake guest lists and put the most ridiculous names on them - Joan Collins, or really naff soap stars who would never grace the door of Taboo.

The most political thing you can do is be yourself

I always feel that my whole life is representing the LGBT community. It's kind of what I do all the time.

I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.

Certainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear. We could do great things with our hair. We had protest badges that read "I belong to the Blank Generation." It was such a great time to be a kid.