There's A Terror In Knowing

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."

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.

Everything We Look At And Choose Is Some Way Of Expressing How We Want To Be Perceived.

Funk, I Don't Think I Have Anything To Do With Funk. I've Never Considered Myself Funky.

You Can't Go On Stage And Live - It's False All The Way. I Can't Stand The Premise Of Going Out In Jeans And A Guitar And Looking As Real As You Can In Front Of 18,000 People. I Mean, It's Not Normal!