that album, particularly — that album, when ziggy stardust came out, you know, the lyrics on that — ". so, it was just everything about him. and were you aware of bowie's sexuality — or the stories about his sexuality, at the time? because it was never clear, was it, at the time? well, i think all rock stars — mickjagger, you know, bowie, marc bolan — they were all a bit sort of blurring the sort of sexual boundaries, you know, because being rock and roll, you know, you didn't say what you were, did you? "what are you into?" "i don't know. "what am i into? "you tell me." i think it was partly a sort of pose but it was also tapping in — if you think sort of homosexuality was only legalised in the late �*60s, so it was tapping into that new kind of awareness of, you know, different sexuality, and, you know, if you wanted to be cool at that point, you embraced what was edgy and dangerous, in a way, you know, and misunderstood. and did bowie help validate those feelings that you had at that time? 1,000%. i mean, people say he was straight but, you know, the thing is it doesn't matter whet