I'm looking for backing for an unauthorized auto-biography that I am writing. Hopefully, this will sell in such huge numbers that I will be able to sue myself for an extraordinary amount of money and finance the film version in which I will play everybody.

There's a schizoid streak within the family anyway so I dare say that I'm affected by that. The majority of the people in my family have been in some kind of mental institution, as for my brother he doesn't want to leave. He likes it very much.

I guess, - a greater number of the 26 or so albums that I've made are known in Europe than they are in America.

I was always accused of being cold and unfeeling. It was because I was intimidated about touching people.

Pixies and Sonic Youth were so important to the eighties.

I think I am a lot more relaxed about what I have or haven't done.

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