I suppose for me as an artist it wasn't always just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than anything else, to contribute in some way to the culture that I was living in. It just seemed like a challenge to move it a little bit towards the way I thought it might be interesting to go.

I wanted to rewrite how rock music was perceived.

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

Hey man, I gotta straighten my face. This mellow thighed chick just put my spine out of place.

I'm a blackstar. I'm a blackstar.

The coming together of people I find obscene as a principle. It is not human. It is not a natural thing as some people would have us believe.

Sometimes you stumble across a few chords that put you in a reflective place.