Beethoven had a great look. It was very much about the drama of appearance.

I am what I am. There's nothing I can do about it.

I suppose there is a lot of toughness in me.

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.

Sometimes indifference can be so erotic. I think the people who are most dismissive of you get the most of your attention.

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

I don't know whether when I was 20 years old or 25 years old if somebody would have come along with incredible wisdom whether I would have really listened.