Sex has never been an obsession with me. It's just like eating a bag of crisps. Quite nice, but nothing marvellous.

I was approached by this guy Chris Renshaw, who had read my book and had read Leigh's book. He wanted to incorporate both characters - he probably felt Leigh wasn't famous enough and he realized Leigh [Bowery] and I were associated.

I am what I am. There's nothing I can do about it.

I exercise. I go to the gym every day. It's about respecting what you're doing. You're going on stage. You have to sleep. You have to be prepared.

I was unwelcome in the U.S. for four years.

I try to exist in a world where there is freedom of opinion, where you're allowed to make jokes. I don't want to live in some PC world where no-one's allowed to say anything.

The most significant New York club for me was Paradise Garage, where they played house music. This was around '84 or '85.