I made a creativity out of that messiness.

I love this idea of shape-shifting and changing when you put on clothes, and turn into somebody else.

That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.

I was a magnet for people who want to take advantage of people like me, who think they're part of this life but they're not.

When people talk about gender-benders and bracket me with George, I always think I'm not like that. I had more of a rock edge, mixed with the 80s electro.

I mean whatever I do it's important that I put my stamp on it and keep it in my world, whether I'm doing a dance track or something like the Russian album for example.

I was very much a mess, as a person. I'd come from a very turbulent teenage life, with parents who had broken up in a very bad way, and a lot of illness at school.