“It has always been my intention to try and create a much friendlier atmosphere amongst the bands than seemed to exist at the time. I thought that if we all acknowledged each other, said a few kind and complimentary words about each other, everyone would benefit. The problem of being hostile towards other bands is, in my opinion, stupid as well as unnecessary. You run the risk of alienating people who might well have been into your music, if you go around rubbishing other bands. It took me some time to get into Bowie when I was a kid because he said some unpleasant things about Marc Bolan.”

Gary Numan, Praying to the Aliens: An Autobiography (1997), p.77