A Conservative government is necessary. There is no credible alternative.

We've always been a bit out of touch with reality.

In some ways, I always thought you're better off behaving like a rock star when you're a normal person. Because if you do it as a rock star, you'll end up in the papers and your life will be made a misery.

I think that's what all art is for - for people to express what it is to be human. That's the purpose of it.

I always thought that I might retire from any form of sexuality by the age of 40 and just become a dignified older person.

I'm always nervous when I perform anyway.

The main thing I don't like about myself is an absurd level of self-consciousness that makes any sort of social encounter an ordeal for me.