A biography for Toyah Willcoxhasn’t been written yet.
“I have a habit of needing cake or chocolate when I get an energy dip around 4 P.M. I wish I could stop.”
“Punk is the voice that shouts the loudest from the silence of inertia.”
“In my industry who you know is very important.”
“The late 80s was quite a difficult time for me as an artist because I'd almost become a parody of myself. All people wanted was pink hair and for me to sing 'I Want to Be Free.' There's nothing wrong with either of those but people need to see you as a person for you to be an artist.”
“I think Marilyn Manson has a better take on America than Michael Moore and I don't think he's appreciated for his intellect.”
“Punk helped musical fringes get attention. Stuff like Nirvana could never have happened without it.”
“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.”
“Getting older doesn't worry me, what does is getting unfit.”
“I have always fought against being gender specific. I just don't like being identified as female: I'm a person.”
“At one stage I was using crutches on stage and couldn't walk more than 20 yards but a hip replacement in 2010 sorted that out.”
“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.”
“My own teenage style was modelled on Barbara Hulanicki's Biba look, which was based around smart 1930s chic. Roxy Music crystallised that look and made it high fashion. You felt that they were living the dream.”
“I define myself by my work, so I'd be a sad creature without working. I just wouldn't get up in the morning.”
“As a young child, my family holidays were always in Rock, Cornwall, with my parents, older brother Kim and sister Nicola.”
“You either decide to age gracefully or not to age. I'm definitely the latter.”
“I just find social media such a robotic experience, whereas punk was right in your face.”
“My sleep pattern got disrupted around the time I was taking my O-levels, but in those days nobody really addressed things like that in children.”
“My parents were incredibly strict. My father went through a stage where he'd line us up every Friday and cane our hands if we'd been naughty. And this was mainly to pull my brother into line. My brother is five years older and my sister's eight years older. He would use a little bamboo cane, which my brother saw most of.”
“I love being in the United States because I feel so energised there.”
“My relationship with my father was absolutely wonderful. He was the love of my life and pivotal in my life. He was a good, kind man with very strong Buddhist and spiritual beliefs. He could do no wrong and he was my best friend until he died in 2009.”