I don't believe in convention at all. I do what I have to do to stay alive.

To lose is not always failure.

I came first to America in 1977 at the invitation of a man who wanted to make my life story into a musical. But my agent said it was not to be and it was never done. So I went back, but I'd seen New York, and I wanted to live there. Because everybody talks to you in the street. See, nobody talks to you in England.

It's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I was meant to be a ballet dancer.' By then, pigs will be your style.

Why get married? For human beings, marriage is such an unnatural state. If you want monogamy, it has been said, you should marry a swan.

Exhibitionists have no friends, no friends at all.

It may be true that artists adopt a flamboyant appearance, but it's also true that people who look funny get stuck with the arts.