“[Bowie] was my last ditch…We didn’t have a band, there was just the two of us on that whole album, like a couple of old ladies with knitting needles or something. David plays better Angry Young Guitar than any Angry Young Guitar Player I’ve ever heard, including [Stooges player] James Williamson.”

Iggy Pop, cited in The Complete David Bowie (2004 edition), p.383