Brian Molko

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

“I used to fly off the handle in everyday life, but I'm a little calmer now.”

“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.”

“I refuse to be held responsible for bringing back a wave of pasty-faced people into the world.”

“Being so honest in my writing is cathartic.”

“Music is about expressing things you can't in everyday life.”

“I'd be interested in finding out if there is a light you walk into, and if you do meet people from your life and walk hand in hand with Jesus. I would hate for my death to be tragic: I'd like to be old when it happens. But hopefully a young death is unlikely.”

“We live in a strange bubble.”

“A lot of what has pushed me forward is desire, and I have expressed that in my songwriting - perhaps because it's safer!”

“The extreme side of my personality, which I chose to sort of display, was snowballing and getting a life of its own. It was like looking in a mirror and not recognising myself.”

“I'm a weirdo magnet, but I'm handling it better than I used to.”

“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.”

“I've always found music that is carnal very attractive but not in the most obvious way.”

“I guess the line between being paranoid and being a rock star is smaller than one would expect.”

“Music has touched me deeply, sometimes to tears. But at the same time it's been life-affirming, because I've been grateful for the fact that I'm alive and human and capable of being so moved.”

“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.”

“Imitation is the highest form of flattery, but clones kind of get it wrong because we are promoting individuality and being proud of being yourself.”

“Dresses, I find, are impractical in social situations, but I enjoy wearing them a great deal on stage.”

“The more you'll dress up the more fun you'll have.”

“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.”