I'm always amazed that people take what I say seriously. I don't even take what I am seriously.

For me a chameleon is something that disguises itself to look as much like its environment as possible. I always thought I did exactly the opposite of that.

Who'll love Aladdin Sane? Battle cries and champagne just in time for sunrise.

Things have to hit for the moment. That's one of the reasons I'm into video; the image has to hit immediately. I adore video and the whole cutting up of it.

If I put faith in medication, if I can smile a crooked smile, if I can talk on television, if I can walk an empty mile.

I don't like people probing into my life, so I reveal as little as possible or lie about it as much as need be so as to give them something to write about.

I want people to hear musicians like Joe Cuba. He has done things to whole masses of Puerto Rican people. The music is fantastic and important.