I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within the visual arts in some way. I started painting quite passionately at that time.

I never really got the book together for the thing, so I had all the songs and the characters. But by the time we'd gotten it on the road and I'd been doing it for 18 months, oh God, I couldn't wait to move on to something else.

Since the departure of good old-fashioned entertainers the re-emergence of somebody who wants to be an entertainer has unfortunately become a synonym for camp. I don't think I'm camper than any other person who felt at home on stage, and felt more at home on stage than he did offstage.

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

My father worked for a children's home called Dr. Barnardo's Homes. They're a charity.

I'm not sure whether it is me changing my mind, or whether I lie a lot.

I could never, ever talk to my father. I really loved him, but we couldn't talk about anything together. There was this really British thing that being even remotely emotional was absolutely verboten.