Outside of society, if you're looking that's where you'll find me.

Since childhood, it was my dream to go where all the poets and artists had been. Rimbaud, Artaud, Brancusi, Camus, Picasso, Bresson, Goddard, Jeanne Moreau, Juliette Greco, everybody - Paris for me was a Mecca.

I dreamed of having a book of my own, of writing one that I could put on a shelf.

I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was always financial strife.

I immersed myself in books and rock 'n' roll, the adolescent salvation.

I've embraced rock 'n' roll because it encompasses all the things I'm interested in: poetry, revolution, sexuality, political activism - all of these things can be found in rock 'n' roll. But I am also engaged in all of these things separately.

No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist.