·      ON GIRLS: Girls didn’t figure in our lives for a long time. They were freaks of nature you saw every now and again and wondered how they worked. I think I still feel like that. I feel tremendous guilt for any sexual feelings I have, so I end up spending my entire life feeling sorry for fancying somebody. Even in school I though girls were so wonderful that I was scared to death of them. I masturbate a lot. That’s how I deal with it.

·       ON LOVE:  The director of R&J thought that TSH was the perfect counter-weight for the surrealistic narrators in the movie. He is probably right. There's a Romeo part in me. I am just as crazy as he is. When I am in love, it's all or
nothing. Time after time I end up banging my head against the wall, but do
you think that this sentimental fool will ever learn? No!

·       ON LOSING VIRGINITY: Losing my virginity was a lot less spectacular than having my first French kiss. I was 7, she was my first girlfriend. But then, I moved away from Scotland, where I lived, and never saw her again. I was hoping she’d come to our gig there the other night, but she didn’t. She probably doesn’t remember me at all, but I remember her. Her name was Katie Ganson. But losing my virginity was a very disappointing. There was lots of mess and horribleness.

·       ON BEAUTIFUL WOMEN: I’ve never met a single beautiful woman I’ve actually liked. You never actually get close enough to them to work out what the fuck they’re about. I think a part of me used to want to know that, but I’ve lost all will to do so now.

·       ON WOMEN IN GENERAL: I totally fear all women. Ever since I’ve been at school. I would go for five months without talking to a girl of my age. I don’t think it’s misogyny. It’s the total opposite. It’s blatant fear.

·      ON FEMALE FANS: I tend to run away if it’s anything beyond them saying they like the music. We were at a single sex school so… you know… Anyway, I have someone that I love. So it’s… nice.