Confront a corpse at least once. The absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging confrontation you will ever have.

The people who don't know so much about me regard me more sexually.

Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd was the first person in rock I had seen with makeup on. He wore black nail polish and lots of mascara and black eye shadow, and he was so mysterious. It was this androgynous thing I found absolutely fascinating.

Listen to me, don't listen to me. Talk to me, don't talk to me.

I don't profess to have music as my big wheel and there are a number of other things as important to me apart from music. Theatre and mime, for instance.

A lot of people that I know are bugged with the idea that they have got to have an audience, or they have got to be liked. I think the more that you fall into that trap it makes your own life harder to come to terms with, because an audience appreciation is only going to be periodic at the best of times.

In my madness I see your face in mine.