I Have This Feeling That

Who I Am Gets In The Way Of People Looking Innocently At The Parts I Play.

Do You Know That Moment When You Paint A Landscape As A Child And, When You're Maybe Under Seven Or Something, The Sky Is Just A Blue Stripe Across The Top Of The Paper? And Then There's That Somewhat Disappointing Moment When The Teacher Tells You That The Sky Actually Comes Down In Amongst All The Branches. And It's Like Life Changes At That Moment And Becomes Much More Complicated And A Little Bit More Boring, As It's Rather Tedious To Fill In The Branches.

The First Time That I Came To New York To Work Properly Was The Mid-'80s, But I Was Doing Eight Shows A Week. You Have No Life. Going To A Punk Rock Club - Or Whatever The Music Was At That Time - Would Not Have Been On My Agenda.

I Am The Character You Are Not Supposed To Like.

When I Am Asked About Influences, I Always Say I Bow Down To Fred Astaire, Because When You Look At Him Dancing You Never Look At His Extremities, Do You? You Look At His Centre. What You Never See Is The Hours Of Work That Went Into The Routines, You Just See The Breathtaking Spirit And Freedom.