Whenever I’d over­hear how people found me to be ‘a bit much’ (which is the gentle way of say­ing the word ‘unbear­able’), I under­stood why. To myself I would say: Well, yes of course I’m a bit much — if I weren’t, I would not be lit up by so many lights.

I could only tolerate an afternoon if I took a triple amount of the stated dose of valium prescribed by my GP (who would soon take his own life).

I wish that Prince Charles had been shot. I think it would have made the world a more interesting place.

I've never intended to be controversial but it's very easy to be controversial in pop music because nobody ever is.

I normally live in Los Angeles, if you can call it normal living.

You can't help but feel that the Chinese people are a subspecies.

I have no love for myself as a human being, but I have immense pride in the music I make.