When you're younger, you see the people who are in power and think they must have that position because of some degree of skill. And as you get older, you realize it's not true, that most people in those positions are absolutely inept. And this naturally makes you feel better about yourself.

Eating meat is the most disgusting thing I can think of. It's like biting into your grandmother.

Burn down the disco Hang the blessed D.J. Because the music that they constantly play It says nothing to me about my life

He [Elton John] is pushing his face in all the time and telling us about his private life. Nobody's interested. He should just go away.

Now this might disturb you, but I find I'm OK by myself; and I don't need you or your benevolence to make sense.

I always thought my genitals were the result of some crude practical joke.

Any criticism of Thatcher throws a dangerously absurd light on the entire machinery of British politics. Thatcher's name must be protected, not because of all the wrong that she had done, but because the people around her allowed her to do it.