In fact, he [George Michael] was loitering in public loos like some pre-war homosexual. It's one thing to keep quiet. It's another to pretend you're someone you're not.

I was about 16 when punk started to happen. It was so exciting. You had a social depression going on in the U.K. There was a sanitation strike. London was really grim, gray. You had Margaret Thatcher coming in. It was a really revolutionary time.

The band never actually split up - we just stopped speaking to each other and went our own separate ways.

After half an hour the drug hit me like a sensuous tidal wave. I turned into a tactile temptress and wanted to stroke the whole world. It gave me untold confidence.

I think being individual in the show business is what gives you life and longevity.

I felt that making records in a traditional way - putting them out in the same way, wasting loads of money - was just a pointless exercise.

I just go in my back garden. It's the only place where people don't come and bother you.