Women's fashion is more interesting than men's.

I suppose that I'm fairly comfortable with the clown hat on.

Obviously with every new album we make, we always have to believe in it and feel we've gone in the right direction.

Intelligence can't be insulted.

I'm fascinated with genetic science, and I have been for a very long time. I always look at science and technology because I think that the developments in my lifetime have been so remarkable - and we're only at the tip of the iceberg with projects like decoding the human genome.

I always say to people, the Eighties were so inventive because people wanted to stand out. By the time we got to the Nineties, everyone wanted to fit in. It was all about having the same pair of trainers and the same pair of jeans. That's fatal. Whereas the Eighties you would never be seen in the same pair of jeans that somebody else was wearing.

I still love music - that's never gonna go away.