I feel very comfortable with the way I look, and I feel very comfortable with the kind of confusion that it creates in people's minds.

I think it adds a lot of confusion.

My mouth has a tendency to get me into trouble, but because I'm so small and I take on people who are lager than me. If someone punched me, I'd get my drummer beat them up.

So, then you find yourself in a situation where you have to do things because they're on offer to you, because you don't have much self-respect left. You just can't say no, even to something that you've never done before. You just can't help yourself.

Placebo is music for outsiders, by outsiders and our gigs are like conventions of outcasts, which is cool.

I had a great deal of arrogance and a great deal of bravado, but I think the bravado was brought on by a huge insecurity.