New York is what Paris was in the twenties. . . the center of the art world. And we want to be in the center. It's the greatest place on earth. . . I've got a lot of friends here and I even brought my own cash.

It was a choice of making it or still eating chicken onstage.

Why is everyone telling me to do it? I already did it.

All of us growing up have come to terms with too much pain. Although we repress it, it's still there. The worst pain is that of not being wanted, of realising your parents do not need you in the way you need them.

Don't underestimate the importance of happiness. As long as you're happy, who cares what you do?

It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?

I realized that kids everywhere go for the same stuff; and seeing as we'd done it in England, there's no reason why we couldn't do it in America too.