Trust nothing but your own experience.

I'm afraid of Americans; I'm afraid of the world; I'm afraid I can't help it.

Since the departure of good old-fashioned entertainers the re-emergence of somebody who wants to be an entertainer has unfortunately become a synonym for camp. I don't think I'm camper than any other person who felt at home on stage, and felt more at home on stage than he did offstage.

[David] Bowie went on to make best-selling music - funk, dance music, electronic music, while also being influenced by cabaret and jazz.

I'd rather stay here with all the madmen than perish with the sadmen roaming free.

Songwriting as an art is a bit archaic now. Just writing a song is not good enough.

There's a good television programme called 'Disco 2.' It's quite good but again it's average, average. It's all on a down play. You know we've got this thing in England to be hip is to speak very down - like John Peel. And that just about sums up England. They don't realize when they talk like that, then that is what they represent - absolutely.