'With the crucifixes I was exorcising the extremes that my upbringing dwelt on. Putting them up on the wall and throwing darts at them. And the 'Boy Toy' thing was a joke, a tag name given to me when I first arrived in New York because I flirted with the boys. All the graffiti artists wore their nicknames on their belt buckles.'

'I think that life is a paradox and you have to embrace that in your work and your belief systems... you can't be a literalist, and that's the trouble that peo…

'One of my all-time favourite poets is Charles Bukowski. I think he's the coollest guy in the world.'

'In everyday life I am quiet and reserved, not the housekeeper type but cool and relaxed. I don't get up in the morning wearing false eyelashes and I don't wea…