“Ralpher wrote the intro [of “All The Young Dudes”]. Initially David played the song to us at a publisher's in Regent Street on an acoustic guitar. The intro came about during the actual sessions which were two evenings at Olympic Barnes in the small room. My reaction is well documented. We all knew 1) it was a hit and 2) we could do it. It was almost tailor made for MTH magic! At the time it was worked out that Bowie would record when Mott toured and Mott recorded when David toured. We had virtually the same crew - including Leee Childers, Tony Zanetta etc.””

Ian Hunter, The Horse’s Mouth, Issue #39 - January 18, 2004