At no point did I ever doubt I would be as near as anybody could be to England's Elvis Presley. Even from eight or nine years old, I thought, Well, I'll be the greatest rock star in England. I just made up my mind.

People got extremely comfortable with being able to turn on their television and see MTV say, "This guy's hot you should buy this record."

I don't believe in proper cinema; it doesn't have the strength of television. People having to go out to the cinema is really archaic. I'd much rather sit at home.

Mine is really - Ziggy Stardust, characters, "Let's Dance." That's me in the American.

I don't mind trying it out and making sure something seems to work well.

[David] Bowie had a genius for continual change himself, reinventing his sound and his image throughout the decades. Each album seemed to find Bowie in a different persona, with a new sound to match his new look.

I'm not a natural performer. I don't like performing very much.