The Man Who Sold the World
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19 “absolutely mesmerized”: To David Cavanagh, Q, February 1997.
23 “a man, handsome”: Gillman and Gillman, Alias David Bowie, p. 65.
23 “It was Terry”: Tremlett, David Bowie, pp. 19–20.
24 “I tried passionately”: To Timothy White, Musician, July 1990.
25 “I spent my days”: Ibid.
25 “He was a very charming”: To author.
27 “He cried an awful lot”: To Timothy White, Crawdaddy, February 1978.
27 “People who break down”: IT, July 4–17, 1969.
28 “a biochemical, neurophysical”: Laing and Esterson, Sanity, Madness and the Family, p. 12.
28 “a social event”: Ibid., p. 17.
28 “each person does not occupy”: Ibid., p. 19.
29 “we were leaving confusion”: Kerouac, On the Road, p. 111.
29 “the one and only holy”: Ibid., p. 6.
29 “you’ve got to stick to it”: Ibid., p. 7.
29 “going like mad”: Ibid., p. 14.
29 “the only people for me”: Ibid., p. 9.
30 “It was diabolical”: To Richard Cromelin, Phonograph Record, January 1972.
30 “I’ve been in the media”: To Bruno Stein, NME, February 22, 1975.
31 “creative imagination”: Thomas, The Visible Persuaders, p. 42.
31 “The basic purpose”: Dunn, Advertising, p. 339.
32 “see us as bundles”: Quoted in ibid., p. 6.
32 “Find some common desire”: Huxley, Brave New World Revisited, p. 77.
32 “The techniques of persuasion”: Dunn, Advertising, p. 5.
32 “His main contribution”: To author.
33 “David wasn’t really”: To author.
34 “a handsome six-footer”: Press release.
34 “all it takes”: Press release.
35 “Anyone who has the courage”: To Leslie Thomas, Evening News & Star, November 2, 1964.
36 “the spirit of extravagance”: Sontag, Against Interpretation, pp. 283, 279, 281.
37 “mixed up”: Pitt to Steve Turner, NME, May 18, 1974.
38 “long back and sides”: Kentish Times, August 20, 1965.
38 “If anything, David was a poet”: To author.
38 “It took me a long time”: To Paul Du Noyer, Mojo, July 2002.
39 “I envisage a scenario”: To Martin Hayman, Sounds, August 4, 1973.
39 “I’d like to get into cabaret”: Radio London interview, August 1966.
39 “Nobody at that time knew”: To Steve Turner, NME, May 18, 1974.
40 “There must be a hole”: Quoted in Bardsley, Stop the World, p. 98.
41 “Never cared for his performances”: NME, November 29, 1975.
41 “I was Anthony Newley”: To C. S. Murray, NME, February 24, 1973.
43 “To begin with”: Tremlett, David Bowie, pp. 62–63.
44 “fumblings about how to bring”: MTV interview, 1990.
44 “When I wanted David”: To Steve Turner, NME, May 18, 1974.
45 “As far as I’m concerned”: MM, November 1966.
45 “I’d like to take a holiday”: Ibid.
45 “[Zen] climbs”: Humphreys, Zen Buddhism, p. 1.
45 “Zen is not a new thing”: Ibid., p. 68.
46 “One puts oneself”: BBC Radio interview, 1993.
47 “I was convinced”: To David Cavanagh, Q, February 1997.
47 “David Bowie has no great voice”: Disc, June 10, 1967.
48 “I want to act”: MM, November 1966.
49 “I used to work”: To Bruno Stein, NME, February 22, 1975.
49 “I was a terribly earnest”: To George Tremlett, Jackie, May 10, 1970.
49 “About two weeks before”: Burroughs, Burroughs Live 1960–1997, p. 236.
50 “I decided that”: To George Tremlett, Jackie, May 10, 1970.
50 “I knew we shared”: To Angie Errigo, NME, July 17, 1977.
51 “Lindsay Kemp was a living”: To Richard Cromelin, Phonograph Record, January 1972.
51 “[Genet] has come”: IT, November 28–December 11, 1966.
51 “I enabled him to free”: Quoted in Buckley, Strange Fascination, p. 42.
52 “What interested me in the first place”: To Penny Valentine, Sounds, December 9, 1972.
THE SONGS OF DAVID BOWIE: 1969–1980
57 “Imagine the 1990 version”: To Mary Finnigan, IT, August 15–21, 1969.
57 “I want it to be”: Ibid.
57 “Some event is awaited”: IT, January 30–February 12, 1967.
58 “If we die, we want people”: TV interview, 1966.
58 “the people running”: IT, July 18–31, 1969.
58 “The publicity image”: To Mary Finnigan, IT, August 15–21, 1969.
59 “It’s only a pop song”: To Kate Simpson, Music Now, December 20, 1969.
59 “The question for us”: Peter Stansill, IT, January 1–16, 1969.
60 “a very special piece”: Pitt, Bowie, p. 130.
60 “I wrote part of”: To Spencer Leigh, Radio Merseyside, 1977.
60 “ ‘Space Oddity’ was a Bee Gees”: Gillman and Gillman, Alias David Bowie, p. 160.
63 “With a guitar and memories”: Quoted in Buckley, Strange Fascination, p. 67.
64 “was convincing in his act”: Croydon Advertiser, February 21, 1969.
64 “Janine,” Bowie announced: tape of demo.
64 “It’s how I thought”: To Penny Valentine, Disc, October 25, 1969.
68 “I’m not at ease”: Burroughs, Burroughs Live 1960–1997, p. 232.
68 “was an awful experience”: To Cameron Crowe, Playboy, September 1976.
71 “an ‘energy centre’ ”: IT, October 10–23, 1969.
71 “The plan is to turn on”: IT, May 23–June 5, 1969.
71 “I feel almost middle-aged”: To Gordon Coxhill, NME, November 15, 1969.
71 “Everything the boy says”: To Penny Valentine, Disc, October 25, 1969.
72 “I always felt I was”: To Timothy White, Musician, July 1990.
72 “I heard a Wagnerian orchestra”: Visconti, Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy, p. 139.
72 “Never have I been so flipped”: Quoted in Cann, Any Day Now, p. 155.
73 “David’s career would have turned”: Tremlett, David Bowie, p. 53.
73 “Here we are in Beckenham”: To Mary Finnigan, IT, August 15–21, 1969.
73 “I run an Arts Lab”: To Chris Welch, MM, September 1969.
74 “materialistic and selfish”: Tremlett, David Bowie, p. 106.
74 “These people”: To Kate Simpson, Music Now, December 20, 1969.
74 “I basically wanted”: To P. S. Salvo, Sounds, December 2, 1972.
75 “in a completely catatonic state”: Mary Finnigan to Gillman, in Gillman and Gillman, Alias David Bowie, p. 178.
76 “a barbecue, exotic tea stall”: IT, August 15–21, 1969.
76 “vile”: Mary Finnigan to Gillman, in Gillman and Gillman, Alias David Bowie, p. 178.
76 “We go out on an air”: To Penny Valentine, Disc, October 25, 1969.
79 “about a boy whose girlfriend”: Ibid.
79 “describes how I felt”: Tremlett, David Bowie, p. 105.
81 “We found that the mass”: To Richard Cromelin, Phonograph Record, January 1972.
81 “The money I’m making”: Quoted in in Croydon Advertiser, June 30, 1972.
81 “I never plan ahead”: To George Tremlett, Jackie, May 10, 1970.
81 “He’s a good bloke”: IT, December 5–17, 1969.
83 “I think a lot of people”: To Raymond Telford, MM, March 28, 1970.
83 “wrote the middle bit”: To Spencer Leigh, Radio Merseyside, 1977.
83 “She’s an American citizen”: Tremlett, David Bowie, p. 101.
86 “I don’t want to be one”: To Gordon Coxhill, NME, November 15, 1969.
86 “I throw myself on the mercy”: Ibid.
86 “I’m determined to be”: Ibid.
87 “What the underground has got”: To Miles, IT, February 27, 1970.
87 “It’s not that they want”: To Kate Simpson, Music Now, December 20, 1969.
87 “All my songs are very personal”: To Raymond Telford, MM, March 28, 1970.
88 “I was in silver lame”: Quoted in Hoskyns, Glam!, pp. 22–23.
89 “We had been playing [it] live”: Visconti, Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy, p. 150.
89 “A lot of my compositions”: To Raymond Telford, MM, March 28, 1970.
90 “I very much doubt”: To Richard Cromelin, Phonograph Record, January 1972.
90 “is a man with legal knowledge”: To Steve Turner, NME, May 18, 1974.
90 “[Defries] absolutely believed”: Gillman and Gillman, Alias David Bowie, p. 210.
91 “We came up with outrageous”: Buckley, Strange Fascination, p. 87.
92 “It’s a shame”: To Steve Peacock, Sounds, September 16, 1972.
92 “The tape will remain”: Ibid.
94 “Instead of commanding”: John Godwin, Occult America, p. 245.
95 “a caste of ‘men of earth’ ”: Quoted in Friends, November 22, 1969.
96 “a passion of mine at the time”: Buckley, Strange Fascination, p. 87.
96 “The seventies are exploding”: Quoted in Doggett, There’s a Riot Going On, p. 317.
97 “Mick Ronson, Woody”: Buckley, Strange Fascination, pp. 88–89.
97 “The songs were written by all four”: Mojo, October 1997.
98 “The only thing that I didn’t think”: Ibid.
98 “I see it now”: To P. S. Salvo, Sounds, December 2, 1972.
99 “ ‘All The Madmen’ was written”: To Richard Cromelin, Phonograph Record, January 1972.
99 “Our alienation goes to the roots”: Laing, The Politics of Experience and the Bird of Paradise, pp. 11–12.
102 “David spontaneously did”: To Mark Paytress, RC, January 1995.
103 “I felt very ephemeral”: To Timothy White, Musician, July 1990.
104 “The exterior landscapes”: Friends, October 30, 1970.
105 “It was meant to be our Sgt. Pepper”: To Mark Paytress, RC, January 1995.
105 “It’s been a waste of a year”: To Penny Valentine, Sounds, February 6, 1971.
105 “There can’t be another”: Sounds, April 10, 1971.
105 “His unhappy relationship”: RS, February 18, 1971.
106 “was a parody of Gabriel”: To Cameron Crowe, Playboy, September 1976.
107 “I used to have periods”: To Richard Cromelin, Phonograph Record, January 1972.
107 “a lot of people are in”: To Miles, IT, February 27, 1970.
108 “the first haunted song”: Press release.
110 “was about the homo superior race”: To P. S. Salvo, Sounds, December 2, 1972.
111 “have given birth”: Ibid.
112 “a certain feverishness”: Beckett, When the Lights Went Out, p. 376.
112 “This country is crying out”: To Kate Simpson, Music Now, December 20, 1969.
113 “All of a sudden, all these great songs”: RC, February 1987.
114 “His other great inspiration”: MM, January 22, 1972.
115 “According to Jung”: BBC Radio 1 interview, 1976.
116 “I didn’t believe it till I came here”: To Richard Cromelin, Phonograph Record, January 1972.
116 “I think I’ve been in prison”: To P. S. Salvo, Sounds, December 2, 1972.
116 “I got very sharp”: To Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, July 1971.
118 “The moon goddess was the goddess”: Wilson, The Occult, p. 82.
119 “ravishing, almost disconcertingly”: RS, April 1, 1971.
123 “I would try and get anyone”: Quoted in Buckley, Strange Fascination, p. 92.
126 “I believe that Rudi”: To Peter Jones, RM David Bowie Special, 1972.
126 “Really I’m just a dress designer”: Ibid.
127 “I believe in fantasy”: Cheltenham Chronicle, 1971.
130 “Dylan belongs in a very personal way”: John Coleman, Friends, November 13, 1970.
130 “How do you know I’m not”: Quoted in Doggett, There’s a Riot Going On, p. 180.
130 “It laid out what I wanted to do”: To Robert Hilburn, MM, February 1976.
132 “Kind of a skit on Neil Young”: BBC Radio 1 interview, 1972.
134 “It’s time to be proud”: IT, April 24–May 7, 1970.
135 “an amazing position”: Sounds, January 1, 1972.
135 “We were all green with envy”: To Paul Du Noyer, Mojo, July 2002.
137 “If you want to know all about”: Quoted in Doggett, Lou Reed, p. 49.
137 “I’m just picking up on what other people”: To Steve Peacock, Sounds, August 14, 1971.
138 “All the while he was studying”: Quoted in Needs and Porter, Trash!, p. 51.
139 “one of the leaders”: Live recording, September 25, 1971.
141 “the creative drive of the conscious”: Wilson, The Occult, p. 100.
141 “Life is flow, and Zen”: Humphreys, Zen Buddhism, p. 154.
142 “Satori is the world of perpetual now”: Ibid., p. 100.
144 “The only thing that emerges”: Wilson, The Occult, p. 659.
146 “Sometimes I don’t feel”: To Mick Rock, RS, June 8, 1972.
147 “I like ‘The Bewlay Brothers’ ”: US radio interview, 1972.
152 “has very little to do with David Bowie”: IT, December 30, 1971–January 13, 1972.
153 “What I’ve been trying to do”: To Penny Valentine, Sounds, April 3, 1971.
154 “My sexual life is normal”: To Don Short, Daily Mirror, April 24, 1971.
154 “I’m gay,” he explained: MM, January 22, 1972.
155 “What’s happening, David?”: To C. S. Murray, NME, October 18, 1975.
156 “Everyone is part man”: To Royston Eldridge, Sounds, April 3, 1971.
156 “We get so much action”: To Nick Kent, Frendz, July 1972.
156 “the year of the transvestite”: Judy Sims, MM, May 13, 1972.
156 “I’m gay, inasmuch as I wear”: MM, July 14, 1973.
156 “Bowie is physically a man”: MM, February 17, 1973.
157 “Just because you’re gay”: To Nick Kent, NME, April 28, 1973.
157 “It’s true, I am a bisexual”: To Cameron Crowe, Playboy, September 1976.
157 “Positively not”: To Chris Charlesworth, MM, March 13, 1976.
157 “I found I was able to get a lot”: To Paul Du Noyer, Mojo, July 2002.
157 “Even if Bowie’s claim”: Boy George and Paul Gorman, Straight, p. 94.
158 “When Bowie came up”: Shepherd and Wallis, Coming on Strong, p. 279.
158 “Probably the lyrics are a little”: BBC Radio 1 interview, 1972.
160 “naturist photographer”: in Frendz, June 9, 1972.
164 “Realism, honesty and all these things”: To Timothy White, Musician, July 1990.
164 “I think [rock] should be tarted up”: To John Mendelsohn, RS, April 1, 1971.
165 “I really wanted to write musicals”: To Paul Du Noyer, Mojo, July 2002.
165 “violence and glamour”: Cohn, I Am Still the Greatest Says Johnny Angelo, p. 99.
165 “he was all things at once”: Ibid., p. 94.
165 “I mean to make an ending”: Ibid., p. 130.
166 “Most people still want their idols”: To Cameron Crowe, Playboy, September 1976.
166 “a quite lovely piece of faux-deco”: Bowie and Rock, Moonage Daydream, p. 17.
167 “I’m going to be huge”: To Michael Watts, MM, January 22, 1972.
170 “I get worried about dying”: To Mick Rock, RS, June 8, 1972.
171 “I’ll always remember going out”: NME, October 28, 1978.
173 “I’m continually aware”: To Henry Edwards, After Dark, October 1972.
173 “It’s a continual fa
ntasy”: RM, August 18, 1972.
173 “now high in the US charts”: Press advertisement.
173 “hype himself as something”: Oz, July 1972.
173 “could have been the work”: Steve Peacock, Sounds, June 10, 1972.
174 “suggests the ascent and decline”: MM, July 1, 1972.
174 “I’m very much a conglomerate”: To Mary Campbell, Associated Press, September 1972.
174 “the entire evening seemed like a tribute”: Alexander Stuart, Plays & Players, November 1972.
175 “I’m not what I’m supposed to be”: To Hubert Saal, Newsweek, October 9, 1972.
177 “One of the great strengths”: To Tony Horkins, International Musician, December 1991.
177 “I don’t know anything about fag rock”: To Mary Campbell, Associated Press, September 1972.
178 “If you look at what’s happened”: Sounds, July 1, 1972.
179 “Nijinsky meets Woolworth’s”: To Jean Rook, Daily Express, May 5, 1976.
179 “I don’t want to go on the road”: MM, June 16, 1973.
179 “Rock is entertainment that suggests”: Let It Rock, June 1973.
182 “the only interesting person around”: To Roy Hollingworth, MM, June 24, 1972.
182 “The people I was around at the time”: Quoted in Doggett, Lou Reed, p. 81.
182 “A Star Is Born!”: MM, July 15, 1972.
182 “will soon become the greatest”: Charles Webster, RM, July 15, 1972.
182 “He was always running around”: Quoted in Doggett, Lou Reed, p. 80.
183 “There’s a lot of sexual ambiguity”: Ibid.
183 “I don’t know what he was up to”: Ibid., p. 84.
183 “a collection of songs witty”: C. S. Murray, NME, December 16, 1972.
184 “I can’t think of a time”: To Jarvis Cocker, The Big Issue, December 8, 1997.
185 “In England, David Bowie may become”: New Yorker, October 14, 1972.
185 “I had flu that night”: 1983 radio interview.
188 “He’s a collector”: 1973 interview.
188 “the energy of six English bands”: Quoted in Needs and Porter, Trash!, p. 53.
190 “a vague feeling of impending catastrophe”: Howard Bloom, Circus, July 1973.
191 “face up to a future”: To Lenny Kaye, Cavalier, January 1973.
192 “Time flowed always at the same reliable”: Conrad, Modern Times, Modern Places, p. 60.
193 “The book dealt with London”: To Howard Bloom, Circus, July 1973.
194 “Nina, do you ever feel”: Waugh, Vile Bodies, p. 162.