They say that the Devil is a charming man. And just like you I bet he can dance.
My first Top of the Pops I didn’t want to do. I was terrified. I’d never done television before. Seeing the video afterwards was like watching myself die.
But I don’t have a very good track record with royalty. My dress fell off in front of Prince Charles at the Prince’s Trust, so I’m just living up to my reputation.
What I’ve tended to do is to use my own experiences to get into someone else’s mind, like in Wuthering Heights.
Clothes are such a strong part of who a human being is.
You’ll never know that you had all of me. You’ll never know the poetry you’ve stirred in me.
Every old sock meets an old shoe.
Comedy is a very big part of the English culture, the sense of humor; it’s a very dominant trait.
I think comedy and music are both things that we need as human beings. I think that both art forms can touch people.
Bang goes another kanga on the bonnet of the van.
When I’m a man, I will be an astronaut, and find Peter Pan on the second star on the right.
I love comedy. I like to think that there’s a sense of humor in some of my music – obviously not all of it.
We let the weirdness in.
As the people grow colder, I turn to my computer and spend my evenings with it like a friend.
I’ve read a couple of things that I was sort of close to having a nervous breakdown. But I don’t think I was. I was very, very tired. It was a really difficult time.
I just try to put myself in the sense of being a character, sometimes male. I suppose I just like the idea of trying to be different people coming from all kinds of different angles. Most of it was just from my imagination.
The only person with you all your life is you. Your parents die. Things inside you die – illusions, gushes of personality. Only you can sort yourself out. Yourself may not be all you need, but it’s all you’ve got.
When you reach for a star, only angels are there. And it’s not very far, just a step on a stair.
Quite often, lyrics get misunderstood – and I never mind that. I guess what all artists want is for their work to touch someone or for it to bethought provoking.
All we’re ever looking for is another open door.