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" I'm not really the sort to reflect or look forward. I prefer concentrating on the now. "

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" There was one point where my mother was dying of lung cancer, and a journalist dressed up as a nurse and got in the house to get a picture of her, dying of lung cancer and stuff like that, and then you realise the fame's not all it's cracked up to be. "

" I never wanted credit for being a wonderful person or a great human being or looking peculiar. I just wanted credit for the music. "

" Surely, marriage is throwing anchor and saying, 'This is where I'm staying. I've made my choice, and this is all I want because I've been on the up and down escalator, through the revolving door, and I want to stand still.' That's what I expected. "

" I was brought up with an incredible amount of freedom and creativity. "

" You shouldn't inflict yourself on the public when your fifteen minutes is up. "

" Over the years, I've had to learn how to deal with people who refuse to take me seriously. That's where I learnt the blunt side of my character. "

" From a child, I knew I didn't have the face I wanted to have. My mother was a baroness. She was from Berlin; she was a silent movie actress and friends with Marlene Dietrich. So she knew all about film make-up and prosthetics and stuff like that and what they used to do in those days. And she taught me all that as a child. "

" I view marriage as a sacred institution. I think two men naturally are predators. Gay relationships are a commercial break, not a whole movie. "

" What I'm trying to achieve with my surgery is my own personal satisfaction. It's narcissism. "

" The amount of surgeries I've had are absolutely minimal compared to the reconstructive surgeries I've had. Probably 300. "

" There's not a part of me, apart from the soles of my feet, which has not had work done. "

" If people don't think I can fall into what the norm is, that's their problem and not mine. I'm not the norm; I'm not deluded. "

" You'd never catch me dead in a pair of fishnets! For one thing, they are not practical. And for another thing, it's just like a tacky drag queen. "

" I don't wanna look like a 65-year-old geezer, you know, and I can't really see it happening. "

" I live a quiet daytime life. I walk everywhere. I lie down. I wash socks. I fry an egg. "

" In 1997, a severe depression hit me, but I didn't respond well to anti-depressants. "

" It's not a matter of vanity; it's a matter of sanity. I'll never look forever young, but I'll look as best as I possibly can; I'll look surreal. "

" On reflection, I think the 1980s were a dreadful, abysmal time. "

" The trouble is that people are all too ready to jump to conclusions about anybody who they think looks a bit strange. They think you must be mentally subnormal. "

" I never had posters on my walls, and I didn't have any icons, either. I come from a small village in Wirral, and my family didn't watch TV. I wasn't exposed to people with icon status. David Bowie popped up, but I had already shaved my eyebrows off by the time I saw his. "

" It was a lovely feeling, dying. I can remember being in the hospital, all wired up to tubes and thinking, 'If only you'd take these tubes out, it feels so nice.' It felt so - it felt like being in a bath of velvet. It was such a nice feeling. Everything felt so soft and floppy, and I wanted to go. "

" I never have crushes, apart from my husband Michael, I guess, because I was obsessed with him, and I didn't speak to him for nearly a year. I kept going into the restaurant where he worked to look at him. "

" I have regular peels and Botox. It's something I'll always do. People redecorate their homes every few years, and I see this as no different. Changing my face is like buying a new sofa. "

" I'm not a camp, throwaway queen; I'm not in Neverland. I'm not Jennifer Lopez with three people to pluck my eyebrows. I've made myself what I want to be - not everybody's cup of tea. And people wanna have a look at me. I fully accept that. People have always wanted to have a look at me. "