We built everything - toilets included. I think those islands in the middle of nowhere are quite poetic. It's kind of an Oriental Atlantis.

I like everything to be washable, myself included.

Change is the healthiest way to survive.

If you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start.

I like chocolate. I don’t eat it, but I like the smell of it. People can drink with their eyes; I can eat with my nose. I would love to have a perfume based on chocolate.

What I like about music is the songs you can remember the lines of in a single second.

You can be the chicest thing in the world in a T-shirt and jeans - it's up to you.