Steven Knight Quotes

How I love David Bowie.

I was obsessed with David Bowie - still am. He's a babe, a total babe. His music is killer; his visuals are beautiful.

I would have loved to meet David Bowie.

I could really sink my teeth into a David Bowie documentary.

David Bowie - I definitely knew some of his music as a teenager, but I didn't actually listen to his music as much until I was in my 20s.

Before I met David Bowie, I was very nervous. I thought, 'Here comes the Thin White Duke, Ziggy Stardust. How will I ever communicate with him?'

My personal favourite is Jeff Beck. All the others are wonderful as well.

David Bowie was awesome the easiest, coolest interview I have ever done.

Bowie's been a huge influence on me.

David Bowie is such a big influence to me. Everything about him as a person is intriguing to me.

Somebody had given me a copy of 'Hunky Dory,' which had yet to be a hit, although it was starting to percolate. I'd seen a couple of pictures of David, with his interesting hairdo and outfits, and I decided to seek him out, which wasn't difficult back then, as he was eager to do any kind of publicity.

I am a huge Leonard Cohen person.

I just love Bowie. I think he's the ultimate inventor.

My mum and dad are massive Bowie fans, so I grew up listening to his music.

David Bowie has always been my vocal inspiration ever since I was a child.

I didn't love David Bowie. Sure, I loved a lot of his songs, like everybody else, and, like everybody else, I had an incarnation of Bowie that I loved best - in my case, the solemn 'art-rock' Bowie of the late Seventies.

I am a big David Bowie fan.

Billie Holiday I never met, but I love her music.

It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about rock n' roll. I've listened to 'Ziggy Stardust' as much as any rock n' roll fan - I don't really know what it's about, but it sure is fun to think about David Bowie as this mad creation.

I would love to just talk to Paul McCartney. That would be incredible, but that is definitely like a dream.

When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created an entire myth around himself. It was as important as his music.

I don't care what anybody says about Ringo. I cut my rock-n-roll teeth listening to him.

I really didn't get obsessed with Bowie until my freshman year in high school. I remember listening to 'Starman' and thinking it sounded like it was a song for kids, like a lullaby. The Thin White Duke is my favorite look that he created.

I remember Robert Plant coming backstage after the first show saying, 'Hey, boys, I should be opening for you.' That felt pretty good.

I loved John Lennon, by the way.