Being a pop fan is a lot like Catholic devotion - lots of ritual, lots of ceremony... We touch the icon to enter the sacred space, genuflecting to reliquaries and ostentatoria that make something splendid of our most secret desires and agonies.

Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut (ed. Penguin, 2010) - ISBN: 9781101437209