I'm afraid of Americans; I'm afraid of the world; I'm afraid I can't help it.

I think much has been made of this alter ego business. I mean, I actually stopped creating characters in 1975 - for albums, anyway.

I'm not a prophet or a stone aged man, just a mortal with potential of a superman. I'm living on.

The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.

I rate Morrissey as one of the best lyricists in Britain. For me, he's up there with Bryan Ferry.

I suspect that dreams are an integral part of existence, with far more use for us than we've made of them...The fine line between the dream state and reality is at times, for me, quite grey.

I re-invented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman.