Billy Childish: ‘I idolise myself. I don’t waste my time idolising other things’

‘I paint every Monday. That is the only time I’m a painter’: Billy Childish. Photograph: David Levene/The Observer

I paint every Monday. That is the only time I’m a painter. The rest of the time I’m something else.

I don’t care what job you do or who you think you are. Let’s see how you act.