I once bought a Manchester United hat, which I think was 12 shillings, and somebody ran up behind me and pulled it off and just ran ahead. I thought, 'It's a very cruel world, I'm not prepared for this'. And I decided to get my revenge on society.

Even though I've been reasonably well known for quite a long time, I still can't get a record on daytime radio or on MTV.

As a very small child I found recorded noise and the solitary singer beneath the spotlight so dramatic and so brave... walking the plank... willingly... It was sink or swim. The very notion of standing there, alone, I found beautiful.

Life is very long, when you're lonely.

I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour, but heaven knows I'm miserable now.

The Cure: A new dimension of the word 'crap'.

Life is a very serious business for the simple reason that nobody dies laughing.