I have found myself deeply, deeply intrigued by the ska-punk scene. It's such an expressive form of popular music, it's so real, it's got so much life: it's the most vital music in the world.

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

Elvis was a major hero of mine. I was probably stupid enough to believe that having the same birthday as him actually meant something.

If we could be heroes, if just for one day.

Every time I've made a radical change it's helped me feel buoyant as an artist

Oooh, fashion, we are the goon squad and were coming to town, beep beep.

Mine is really - Ziggy Stardust, characters, "Let's Dance." That's me in the American.