"Bowie on Bowie presents some of the best interviews David Bowie has granted in
his near five-decade career. Each featured interview traces a new step in his un
ique journey, successively freezing him in time in all of his various incarnatio
ns, from a young novelty hit-maker and Ziggy Stardust to plastic soul player, 19
80s sell-out, and the artistically reborn and beloved elder statesman of challen
ging popular music. In all of these iterations he is remarkably articulate and a
lso preternaturally polite as almost every interviewer remarks upon his charm. T
he features in this book come from outlets both prestigious--Melody Maker, MOJO,
New Musical Express, Q, Rolling Stone--and less well-known--the Drummer, Guitar
, Ikon, Mr. Showbiz--but no matter the renown of the magazine, newspaper, or web
site, Bowie lets us approach the nerve center of his notoriously creative output
"
