"Now I've realised that you can't go out with a bang, like I did at Wembley. The only way I could do it is to bring out albums without singles, and gradually space out the work until people forget.

"As time goes on, I'll probably play less and less until one day I'll slowly fade out of it and maybe set up my own little business. I could never see myself doing this at David Bowie's age - even if I had his talent."

Gary Numan, 1982