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.

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

The New Romantic scene was so tiny. Although it got lots of mileage in the media, it was a really small club with only a core group of people. As it got more popular, kids started to come from the suburbs all dressed up, but it -really wasn't as big as it looked.

Comparing Madonna with Marilyn Monroe is like comparing Raquel Welch with the back of a bus.

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.

Voting for New Labour is like helping an old lady across the road while screaming 'Get a move on!' Even the Tories, who you could once rely on to be completely heartless are pretending to care.

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.