Quote Of The Day -- Jim Kerr of Simple Minds on Bowie

Jim Kerr of Simple Minds on seeing David Bowie perform on Top of the Pops, as told to Mojo magazine in the Feb issue:

Now I'd already heard "Starman" -- this beautiful lullaby with outer space synth and the rock n roll handclaps -- and seen Bowie on the cover of Jackie. But it's not prepared me for Bowie on colour TV. When you're 13 and you live on a council estate in Glasgow and this guy turns up who you've a crush on and you've no idea if you're gay, well that blows your mind. I literally believed he was from Mars, and from that exact second I was saving up for Ziggy Stardust.