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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 fantasy”:
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.

194  “on a splintered tree stump”: Ibid., p. 186.

195  “After seeing
A Clockwork Orange
”:
RS,
June 8, 1972.

195  “I got most of the look”: Quoted in Paytress,
Classic Rock Albums
, p. 97.

196  “the idea of conscious stylisation”: Quoted in Luytens and Hislop,
70s Style and Design
, p. 12.

196  “cosmic Clockwork Orange jumpsuits”: Bowie and Rock,
Moonage Daydream
, p. 80.

196  “impossibly silly ‘bunny' costume”: Ibid.

197  “He had just unleashed”: To Timothy White,
Musician
, July 1990.

197  “He has an unusual face”: Interview, June 1973.

198  “there are no rules”: Quoted in Luytens and Hislop,
70s Style and Design
, p. 18.

198  “Life is so boring”: Angry Brigade Communique #7.

198  “The next religion might come”:
Friends
, October 30, 1970.