I'm very uncomfortable with the idea of vaginas. They bother me in the way that spiders bother some people.

Personality is a real aphrodisiac, when somebody is charming or funny. I think certain jobs attract certain types of people.

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.

I'd got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.

I absolutely admit I had him in the handcuffs so he wouldn't go anywhere while I checked the computer... I certainly wasn't going to kill him. That's hardly going to do my career any good, is it?

I think drugs played a big role in the Taboo scene. People were taking copious amounts of ecstasy, which had filtered over from New York, and at a certain point you were more likely to spend most of the night in the toilets at the club.

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