In writing the autobiography, I can really chuckle when I look at the songs. I was acting out the part. I saw myself as a victim.

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.

Leigh [Bowery] obviously loved having me in the club because I would attract media, and he loved and lived for his column inches.

When I first went to New York, I didn't really go out to clubs. It was the height of Culture Club so I didn't really have a social life. It was only after I had been to New York a few times that I started going out.

One door closes and another one opens.

Leigh [Bowery] would make up stories about people committing suicide or going on hunger strikes because they were refused entry at the door.

My mother and father were fantastic, very active. I find it difficult to say this, but I'm quite a loving person and I've always been loving to my friends. In the long run, that pays off. I'm very interested in other people, and if you are, they're interested in you.