Every freak has a mother. When I met Marilyn Manson I was struck by how nice he was. People are rarely as weird as you anticipate. Except for Courtney Love-who reminded me of that mad snake in The Jungle Book.

I think people could be a bit friendlier. The only real contact you have with people is when they're annoyed if you've had a party - you know, it's been a bit too noisy for them or something.

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

For me the most interesting thing about Leigh Bowery was the way he used his body as a style statement. He was a big guy, but, because he was tall and had long legs, he looked in proportion - even sexy - despite being overweight by conventional standards.

You have to eat at a certain time and eat properly.

I'm being honest, I say what I think.

I don't get all this Speedo stuff actually, I mean, whatever happened to the feather boa?