"He's not quite as bright as he thinks he is, but then . . . who the fuck is?"

-Mephistopheles Smith

"Here's a beautful song, by a beautiful boy, beautifully sung . . . "

-General Riff-Raff

"We all know ( now, anyway ) that he was a lying little creep with the ethics of a used car salesman"

-Riff-Raff

Because if you wanted to do that, and go "Oooh, I'm fabulous" and all the rest of it- to feed off that- you'd be very foolish to do so. Because the downside is, if someone starts . . . really fucking up and they're a great fan of yours . . . like those suckers in America, those schoolkids that are Marilyn Manson fans. And Marilyn has to turn around and go "Oh, um, actually . . . violence is a bad thing".

-on whether he takes pride in creating Rocky and the fan base it has acquired over the years

"What you see . . . is what you get. Nice, isn't it."

-Mephistopheles Smith

"Hello there! Richard O'Brien here, 'Snakehips'. Your gorgeous guide to the Crystal Maze"

A Crystal Maze Greeting.

"I'm a bit piss-elegant."

In an English newspaper article

"I'm very vain. But only in a very primitive sense. I'd like to be prettier than I am"

-on vanity.