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

That was the problem with the 'celibate' word because they don't consider for a moment that you'd rather not be, but you just are. I was never a sexual person.

That was the problem with the 'celibate' word because they don't consider for a moment that you'd rather not be, but you just are. I was never a sexual person.

Everything about my life is private, really. I'm not so sure that any of it has ever been public.

Everything about my life is private, really. I'm not so sure that any of it has ever been public.

Well, I'm a Catholic by birth and you can never shed it.

Well, I'm a Catholic by birth and you can never shed it.

I think there are unseen powers who don't want pop music to be anything other than glorified Madonnas.

I think there are unseen powers who don't want pop music to be anything other than glorified Madonnas.

If you walk through Knightsbridge on any bland day of the week you won't hear an English accent. You'll hear every accent under the sun apart from the British accent.

If you walk through Knightsbridge on any bland day of the week you won't hear an English accent. You'll hear every accent under the sun apart from the British accent.

I know I will never have a hit single in America.

I know I will never have a hit single in America.

I know L.A. well, but it's a police state.

I know L.A. well, but it's a police state.

The body changes shape and there's nothing you can do about it.

The body changes shape and there's nothing you can do about it.

War, I thought, was the most negative aspect of male heterosexuality. If more men were homosexual, there would be no wars, because homosexual men would never kill other men, whereas heterosexual men love killing other men.

War, I thought, was the most negative aspect of male heterosexuality. If more men were homosexual, there would be no wars, because homosexual men would never kill other men, whereas heterosexual men love killing other men.

I began to go to concerts when I was 12 years old.

I began to go to concerts when I was 12 years old.

I'm fascinated by people in their eighties and nineties. Especially those who are still creating and living in an interesting way. I am fascinated by them because they have so much to say now that they've lived for so long.

I'm fascinated by people in their eighties and nineties. Especially those who are still creating and living in an interesting way. I am fascinated by them because they have so much to say now that they've lived for so long.

Women don't go to war to kill other women. Wars and armies and nuclear weapons are essentially heterosexual hobbies.