“I started going to Madame Louise’s, the lesbian club where all the punk bands used to go – the Sex Pistols, the Clash. I remember seeing Billy Idol walk in there; he was gorgeous.”

“I think Stevie Wonder could sing the phone book and manage to make me cry.”

“Music is still part of my life, but I hate the idea of people coming to see me play the guitar because they’ve seen me in movies. You want people who are listening to be only interested in the music.”

“So much has been written about me, and people don’t know what’s right and what’s wrong. I’d rather let them stay confused.”

“If you saw me without makeup, you wouldn’t recognize me.”

“I have never been sexually aroused by a man. But I have yet to kiss Johnny Depp, so you never know.”

“I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.”

“I can’t be left unsupervised.”

“I never, ever saw myself as glam because I didn’t wear makeup… my image is a plain leather jumpsuit, which is not glam at all. I’ve always seen myself as rock n’ roll and not glam.”

“In April of 1976, Epic Records was flying out to sign us when I tripped over a light case after a gig and broke my arm. We called the next morning and said, ‘Don’t go to the airport – Bun E. broke his arm.’ They thought Mercury or someone was trying to sign us, so they offered us, like, $25,000 more on top of the deal.”

“Don’t ever try and be like anybody else and don’t be afraid to take risks.”

“None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.”