I absolutely hate Take That, East 17, the Spice Girls.

I'm still grappling with all the things most people resolve by the time they're 35. Maybe that's why I make music that is relevant to young people. I'm emotionally stuck at the age of 13.

Fashion goes round in circles.

This is what I am. I have periods of enormous self-destructive depression, where I go completely off my trolley and lose all sight of reality and reason.

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.

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.

If you suffer from depression, anything that makes you feel has to the most important thing in your life, because it's the only thing that can save you.

I just can't seem to write songs about peace and love. Yeah right, how do you get that?

It's tragic when people think feminism is a dirty word.

I love to sing old Motown songs to myself, or some Patti Smith Edith Piaf or Billie Holiday. That gets me in the mood for singing.

Pop music allows you to be who you are without having to wear a social uniform or to conform, which some people find impossible to do.

I certainly supported a woman's right to choose, but to my mind the time to choose was before, not after the fact.

When you have nothing to lose, you have everything to gain...

You can be young without money but you can't be old without it.

I think that superhero comics in particular are really useful for talking about big emotions and feelings, and personifying and concretizing symbols.

The only real cure for poverty is production.

You can't have a tin can tied to your tail and go through life pretending it isn't there.

My will for you is not harsh or unpleasant. It is gentle and perfectly tailored to your unique needs. Do not fear my direction. I am your heart's happiest guide.

To decide to become a philosopher seemed as foolish to me as to decide to become a poet.

I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it.

The old should be explorers, be curious, risk transgression, explore oldness itself.