I only have opinions on them because I've been asked about them; I never had any before. I've already been asked once about Numan over the last month.

Numan? I really don't know. I think what he did - that element of 'Saviour Machine' - type things - I think he encapsulated that whole feeling excellently. He really did a good job on that kind of stereotype, but I think therein lies his own particular confinement. I don't know where he intends going or what he intends doing, but I think he has confined himself terrifically. But that's his problem, isn't it?

David Bowie, NME, September 1980