I just could not believe that 30 years later we're still looking at people who are supposed to write little 2-minute pop that when they actually try to do something that's a little bit more they regard it as pretentious.

I don't need to fight / To prove I'm right / I don't need to be forgiven

Rumors went round that I might be gay. In some ways, I was happy w/ this. Larry Rivers proved to me that a gay man could be wild, attractive, and courageous; in any case one's sexuality was becoming less of an issue every day. One of the great things about the British Mod movement was that being macho was no longer the only measure of manhood.

Dance is the only thing that lets you lose yourself and find yourself at the same time.

I only really started to go to plays and to be interested in drama 20 years ago when as an artist I was already well-rounded. I think I'm more disciplined today.

I'm an air-conditioned gypsy.

I respect those who follow religious routes only if they seem to me to be morally proper and in accord with the modern world.