The most significant New York club for me was Paradise Garage, where they played house music. This was around '84 or '85.

The best thing you can do is work on your personality because we're all gonna get ugly.

My God is better than your God

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.

Certainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear. We could do great things with our hair. We had protest badges that read "I belong to the Blank Generation." It was such a great time to be a kid.

I find that most people [in social media] just want me to say "happy birthday" to their mom or wish them good luck with their exams.

I'm much more careful now about who I let into my life, but I don't think you could ever change what you're attracted to. You can make choices if you want to be with those people.