I'm Wary Of The Word Glam Because

Always Drawn To The Theatric, Bowie Also Performed In Stage Productions Of "the Elephant Man" And Just Recently Collaborated On "lazarus," An Off-broadway Musical That's A Sequel To His 1976 Role In The Film "the Man Who Fell To Earth."

I Went Through All The Musicians In My Life Who I Admire As Bright, Intelligent, Virtuosic Players.

David Bowie Emerged As A Rock Star In The Late '60s. And As Ken Tucker Wrote, "in The Face Of The Hippy Era's Sincerity, Intimacy And Generosity, Bowie Presented Irony, Distance And Self-absorption. His Song 'changes' Announced The Arrival Of A New Counterculture," Unquote.

By The Mid-'80s, It Was Really Apparent To Me That I Really Needed To Stop Losing Myself In My Work And In My Addictions. What Happens Is You Just Wake Up One Morning And Feel Absolutely Dead. You Can't Even Drag Your Soul Back Into Your Body. You Feel You Have Negated Everything That Is Wonderful About Life. When You Have Fallen That Far, It Feels Like A Miracle When You Regain Your Love Of Life.

You Can Neither Win Nor Lose If You Don't Run The Race