I have this massive love for the whole culture of pop music... It's my fascination, my on-going passion.

I'm a hopeless mother; a hopeless wife; I have to try harder. I'm just a pathetic case history, really.

Most of my life I've had long periods of feeling down and lost. That's why every five years or so I've smashed my life to pieces and started again.

If you're a musician and an artist, you don't just stop.

I'm absolutely obsessed with The Jesus And Mary Chain and Patti Smith, but I'm a massive pop fan. I love pop culture, It's a total reflection of the zeitgeist.

There's a lot of rage you have to express it somehow. If I didn't express it in song, I'd become incredibly violent.

Music is a gut thing. You're working in a medium which is more in touch with the primal than the modern. A gig is a ritual. There's a congregation.