I regret trusting The Guardian. I didn't want to do an interview, but the journalist was persistent. [The writer] was masked as a fan, but was hiding sinister ambitions and angles. Maybe he's actually the boring one looking for something interesting to write about.

I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.

In the land of God's and Monsters, I was an angel looking to get f-ked hard.

I just look for someone who makes me feel like life is an exciting opportunity and, you know, just like to be alive.

When I was very young I was sort of floored by the fact that my mother and my father and everyone I knew was going to die one day, and myself too. I had a sort of a philosophical crisis. I couldn't believe that we were mortal.

Initially the fashion world was more interested in me than the music world, which was strange when I first started singing.

I believe in the kindness of strangers. And when I'm at war with myself I ride, I just ride.