Quotes from Toyah Willcox

I want to make money but not if it involves exploitation.

I always fly British Airways. I find them to be the most dependable and I need to be on time when I'm travelling for gigs.

When I was young I just regarded not sleeping as a fantastic way to pack more into my days. I always reasoned that life's so short, it seemed crazy to waste it sleeping.

My mother never slept.

I'm 5ft 1in and despise being small. People think I'm cute and cuddly, and I'm not.

Snob value has great appeal. I have a couple of properties on the French Riviera that have doubled in value - I may buy more as the region continues to be developed.

My mother is not a naturally happy person and is very complex. She won't allow any of us to touch her. Not even my father hugs her. And, as a family, we never kiss each other. Yet we do have a close relationship.

Women of all ages need to be present in the media to instill girls and young women with self-confidence about their futures. And women of my age need healthy role models. Otherwise, how can we build the future dreams we still deserve to have?

If science can help us have the same quality of life we enjoyed when we were much younger, we should grasp it with both hands.

Look and image were very important - there was already incredible pressure to look feminine and sexy but I wanted to look individual and strong. I didn't have any role models except Little Nell from 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show.'

I think Marilyn Manson has a better take on America than Michael Moore and I don't think he's appreciated for his intellect.

My father, Beric, ran a joinery business and owned two factories.

I take books on learning to bed - music theory, colour theory - and usually my brain thinks, 'Um, I think I'd rather turn off,' than learn something.

See, I hold myself through my own muscle strength. That is why I'm built like Arnold Schwarzenegger.

I was very naughty, even as a baby.

My 30s were a nightmare because I was so uncomfortable. If I could have unzipped myself and stepped out of my body, I would have done.

I was completely unconventional in everything, which my mother found very difficult. I was a huge tomboy.

You should never undermine friendship and loyalty.

I think people need reassurance that there is an afterlife. That's perfectly understandable.

I have a habit of needing cake or chocolate when I get an energy dip around 4 P.M. I wish I could stop.

Live to live. Don't live to die. And never stop learning.

I was every mother's nightmare - I was a hair model from 14, and I started coming home with red, blue, green hair.

Some people believe tarot cards are a form of black magic or senseless new age mysticism but for me they are a practical way of talking directly to the universe.

I'm just not interested in the norm. The only example I can give you is I can't go to a hairdresser and talk about holidays. I just don't live in that world. It's not me.