When you think back, if you ever do, what do you think of the legacy and influence of what you've created as part of Coil and Throbbing Gristle?
S: Obviously I'm pleased when lots of people tell me "you changed my life", or "I had the courage to become an artist" or "live with my HIV status" or whatever because of my records. Life and society is made up of a "bell curve" - most people are somewhere in the middle in their tastes, attitudes, Lifestyles etc, but for those of us on the fringes (and let's face it with 7,000,000,000 people in the world right now, even those of us at the very extremes of the curve, have at LEAST a few million others just like us out there somewhere right now - no one is alone!). If I can die knowing I've helped put a few of us outsiders in touch, helping one another, particularly helping pass on what we know to other new people, and encouraging each other to be more proud of who they are, I will be a happy man.
One of the most evil things in the world (that happens every day unfortunately) is seeing a father say to his kid "you're useless… You'll never amount to fucking anything" and watching the kid's eyes glaze over because he believes this bitter twisted lie to be true…