I'm well past the age where I'm acceptable. You get to a certain age and you are forbidden access. You're not going to get the kind of coverage that you would like in music magazines, you're not going to get played on radio and you're not going to get played on television. I have to survive on word of mouth.

I find it easier to write in these little vignettes; if I try to get any more heavy, I find myself out of my league.

I woke up one day and realized I was a closet hetero

I have a very strong paternal streak. I'm a born father...I get such enjoyment out of being with children. Now they are enjoyable little things. They really are. I like their kind of humor. You can stuff all your punk bands, give me three children instead.

I surrounded myself with people who indulged my ego. They treated me as though I was Ziggy Stardust or one of my characters, never realising that David Jones might be behind it.

Style is about the choices you make to create the aspects of civilization that you wish to uphold.

You go through stages where you wonder whether you are Christ, or just looking for him.