I wear makeup and dress this way because I think it makes me look better. I am not doing it to get people to stare at me. If I wanted to do that I could just put a pot on my head, wear a wedding dress, and run screaming down the street.

For me, I've gotten better at that since I've gotten older. I never was good at that when I was younger.

I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. ...Nobody really sells records anymore.

I was about 16 when punk started to happen... It felt like you had this naive idea that you could change things just by wearing something.

People say things about me all the time and I get over it. I've had some appalling things told about me.

Taboo was kind of celebrating trash, the kind of records you secretly loved, like Yes Sir, I Can Boogie, by Baccara [laughs] - things that you probably shouldn't like.

I'm not responsible enough to have a dog - or a child.