Now what I like is that other artists know my work and are interested in me or want to collaborate.

I like Stella [McCartney] a lot - she's a very open and warm person. I don't particularly want to know about her background.

I used to live with Teri Toye in the '80s - a really gorgeous transsexual. She won Girl of the Year in 1986 [I think] as a Chanel model and she introduced this whole way of slinky, slow-motion modeling. It was amazing that the girl of the year was actually born male.

My life is more important. At this point in my life I'm alone. I don't think about it a lot.

I don't think of Maria Schneider like idol anymore, because I worshipped her when I was young.

My life there[in New York] was almost entirely about gay men for 30 years.

[John] Cassavetes, "Killing of a Chinese Booker", "Opening Night" are my favourites.