And if you ever need self-validation, Just meet me in the alley by the railway station

You either approve of violence or you don't, and nothing on earth is more violent or extreme than the meat industry.

I can get incredibly erotic about blotting paper.

Artists aren't really people. And I'm actually 40 per cent papier mache.

If you travel to Germany, it's still absolutely Germany. If you travel to Sweden, it still has a Swedish identity.

I've always done quite well as far as the charts are concerned. And yet I always felt I conveyed the spirit of the music I love, which didn't have any chart success.

Not everybody is absolutely stupid. Why on earth would I be racist, what would I be trying to achieve?