A stylist might say you look amazing in anything. Your family will always tell you if you look a complete idiot.
I'm a big illustration and comic book fan. In my eyes, comic books and illustration are the same kind of art forms.
The best way to make the most serious point in the world is to be as unserious as possible.
I was quite the quiet teenager. I was a bit of a loner, a little bit of an outsider.
Melody is disarming. It's anarchic!
The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.
They say shyness is a form of egotism, and you are only shy because you care too much about what people think of you. And maybe its true, maybe I am just an egotist.
Identity for me is something that has to be played with and explored, and not become complacent about or uninterested in.
I make mistakes. I say stupid things. I do idiotic things. And, quite frankly, I'm proud of them. Why not make mistakes?
I was always told I was ugly. I still think I am ugly. I know I've got an odd face and you can't tell me otherwise.
Anyone who tries to diss me in comparison to Queen, it just renders all their criticisms completely futile. That's quite pleasurable.
We all have to be dishes on a plate eventually, with the way we are marketed, but I have no intention of being a cheap Chinese all-you-can-eat buffet.
My first record was about childhood. There were a lot of nursery rhyme and fairytale references; it was all about being naive.
New York is a bit of a dangerous place to me because you often leave in a blur.
I completely understand the responsibility I have in continuing the sonic style that I have created.
I have opinions on everything. I'm a stubborn old mule. The biggest problem is keeping my mouth shut.
Sometimes I dress like what I want for lunch, because all I can think about is having a tuna sandwich.
I was always told that I was too strange or that I was too cheesy by different groups of people, like the record companies said I was way too weird and the indie people wouldn't even let me in their band.
When you're not part of a club, you have to find another way of surviving.
I'm not creating an enigma or leaving mystery, I'm just respecting myself enough as an artist to give myself room to grow and not to be devoured all in one go.
