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I Don't Like Talk And I Don't Like Talkers. Like Ma Barker. That's What She Always Said, 'ma Barker Doesn't Like Talk And She Doesn't Like Talkers.' She Just Sat There With Her Gun.

I'm Quite Certain That The Audience That I've Got For My Stuff Don't Listen To The Lyrics.

My Son's Full Real Name Is Duncan Zowie Haywood. As A Toddler He Was Called By His Second Name Zowie. But It Was Such An Identifiable Name During The Seventies That If I Called Him Loudly In Public Places, Everyone Would Turn To Stare, So I Started Calling Him Joey To Take The Pressure Off. It Has The Same Sound And Number Of Syllables As Zowie. And Joe Stuck For Most Of His Childhood. Now He Has Reverted To His Real Name, Duncan. Haywood Was My Father's Name.

I Went Mainstream In A Major Way With The Song "let's Dance." And What I Found I Had Done Was Put A Box Around Myself. It Was Very Hard For People To See Me As Anything Other Than The Person In The Suit Who Did "let's Dance," And It Was Driving Me Mad - Because It Took All My Passion For Experimenting Away.

Syd Barrett Of Pink Floyd Was The First Person In Rock I Had Seen With Makeup On. He Wore Black Nail Polish And Lots Of Mascara And Black Eye Shadow, And He Was So Mysterious. It Was This Androgynous Thing I Found Absolutely Fascinating.