On The Other Hand, What I Like

Lou Reed Is The Most Important Definitive Writer In Modern Rock. Not Because Of The Stuff That He Does, But The Direction That He Will Take It.

On "tonight" I Think I Was Torn Dreadfully Between Writing What I Wanted To Write, But Keeping It In A Style That Would Follow Up What I Had Just Done. That's Where I Feel I Was Untrue To Myself As An Artist . . . That Album And, To A Lesser Extent, "never Let Me Down."

This Is A Mad Planet," David Bowie Said In 1971. "it's Doomed To Madness.

The Coming Together Of People I Find Obscene As A Principle. It Is Not Human. It Is Not A Natural Thing As Some People Would Have Us Believe.

The Name Bowie Just Appealed To Me When I Was Younger. I Was Into A Kind Of Heavy Philosophy Thing When I Was 16 Years Old, And I Wanted A Truism About Cutting Through The Lies And All That.