In fact, the first piece of art I ever sold, I paid someone else to make the next one, so I could actually keep going out drinking.

I used to watch 'Top of the Pops' when I was a kid and say 'Yeah!' or 'Boo!' at every single song. So there was nothing in the middle. You brutally put it on one side or another.

In fact, the first piece of art I ever sold, I paid someone else to make the next one, so I could actually keep going out drinking.

Whenever I've been well-known or hitting the press, I've always had to get my credit card out to prove I'm Damien Hirst.

Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.

So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because it's bad, it's really simple.

I did a butterfly show in Berlin, and we had a guy who's an expert on butterflies; who bred them all and who looks after them all in the space.