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" When I'm stuck for a closing to a lyric, I will drag out my last resort: overwhelming illogic. "

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" I had to resign myself, many years ago, that I'm not too articulate when it comes to explaining how I feel about things. But my music does it for me, it really does. "

" The Americans at heart are a pure and noble people; things to them are in black and white. It's either 'rawk' or it's not. We Brits putter around in the grey area. "

Black And White

" I'm wallowing in the whole idea of just being a guy out there with a band, with songs. It's a real enjoyment. "

" Dance music is no longer a simple Donna Summer beat. It's become a whole language that I find fascinating and exciting. Eventually, it will lose the dance tag and join the fore of rock. "

" I couldn't have written things like 'Low' and 'Heroes,' those particular albums, if it hadn't have been for Berlin and the kind of atmosphere I felt there. "

" Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity. So it's like, just take advantage of these last few years because none of this is ever going to happen again. You'd better be prepared for doing a lot of touring because that's really the only unique situation that's going to be left. "

" I think it all comes back to being very selfish as an artist. I mean, I really do just write and record what interests me and I do approach the stage shows in much the same way. "

" A song has to take on character, shape, body and influence people to an extent that they use it for their own devices. It must affect them not just as a song, but as a lifestyle. "

" I've made over 25 studio albums, and I think probably I've made two real stinkers in my time, and some not-bad albums, and some really good albums. I'm proud of what I've done. In fact it's been a good ride. "

" I change my mind a lot. I usually don't agree with what I say very much. I'm an awful liar. "

" I guess, taking away all the theatrics or the costuming and the outer layers of what I do, I'm a writer... I write. "

" The skin of my character in 'The Man Who Fell to Earth' was some concoction, a spermatozoon of an alien nature that was obscene and weird-looking. "

" Songs don't have to be about going out on Saturday night and having a good rink-up and driving home and crashing cars. A lot of what I've done is about alienation... about where you fit in society. "

" I'm rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work, it's no longer his... I just see what people make of it. "

" I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative, whether Buddhist or Catholic. "

" I'm responsible for starting a whole new school of pretension. "

" 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. "

" I wanted to imbue Ziggy with real flesh and blood and muscle, and it was imperative that I find Ziggy and be him. "

" I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human. "

" The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time. "

" I would drive to gigs in my tiny little Fiat. I would shoot up and down the M1 to play at various places. "

" What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do. "

Make A Difference

" There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It's always been my way of expressing what, for me, is inexpressible by any other means. "

" Frankly, if I could get away with not having to perform, I'd be very happy. It's not my favorite thing to do. "

" Age doesn't bother me. So many of my heroes were older guys. It's the lack of years left that weighs far heavier on me than the age that I am. "

" The absolute transformation of everything that we ever thought about music will take place within 10 years, and nothing is going to be able to stop it. I see absolutely no point in pretending that it's not going to happen. I'm fully confident that copyright, for instance, will no longer exist in 10 years. "

" I feel confident imposing change on myself. It's a lot more fun progressing than looking back. That's why I need to throw curve balls. "