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

Very few people can truly divorce themselves from what they feel emotionally and sexually.

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 also tried to avoid doing obvious dance records.

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.

Everything I think in life is about context and intention.

I would rather have a cup of tea than sex.