damn are really if only on how they go at that I didn’t strive for success I
at that I didn’t strive for success I
at that I didn’t strive for success I strive to do something artistically
strive to do something artistically
strive to do something artistically important I’m of the impression that bad
important I’m of the impression that bad
important I’m of the impression that bad things are something that really are
things are something that really are
things are something that really are important to one’s life all the meetings
important to one’s life all the meetings
important to one’s life all the meetings are rather like painting and you can use
are rather like painting and you can use
are rather like painting and you can use the same tools and work within all the
the same tools and work within all the
the same tools and work within all the different mediums
different mediums
different mediums adapting to the idea of being kind of
adapting to the idea of being kind of
adapting to the idea of being kind of mainstream I found very difficult indeed
mainstream I found very difficult indeed
mainstream I found very difficult indeed thank god this is visual the
thank god this is visual the
thank god this is visual the possibilities are almost limitless what
possibilities are almost limitless what
possibilities are almost limitless what can we do now the work is never finished
can we do now the work is never finished
can we do now the work is never finished now until the viewer contributes himself
now until the viewer contributes himself
now until the viewer contributes himself I don’t know why but ever since I was
I don’t know why but ever since I was
I don’t know why but ever since I was really young I thought I did never have
really young I thought I did never have
really young I thought I did never have a problem making money whatever I did as
a problem making money whatever I did as
a problem making money whatever I did as I get older I get more and more selfish
I get older I get more and more selfish
I get older I get more and more selfish about what it is that I want to do that
about what it is that I want to do that
about what it is that I want to do that I find satisfying
I find satisfying
I find satisfying he was an English singer-songwriter
he was an English singer-songwriter
he was an English singer-songwriter artist painter record producer and actor
artist painter record producer and actor
artist painter record producer and actor he was a popular music icon for over
he was a popular music icon for over
he was a popular music icon for over four decades his flamboyant appearance
four decades his flamboyant appearance
four decades his flamboyant appearance was a cornerstone of his image he’s
was a cornerstone of his image he’s
was a cornerstone of his image he’s David Bowie and here is top ten rules
David Bowie and here is top ten rules
David Bowie and here is top ten rules for success when I was 18 or 19 I think
for success when I was 18 or 19 I think
for success when I was 18 or 19 I think I had a whole set of people that I
I had a whole set of people that I
I had a whole set of people that I looked up to I don’t think I ever I
looked up to I don’t think I ever I
looked up to I don’t think I ever I think you only influence to a certain
think you only influence to a certain
think you only influence to a certain extent I think what happens is that you
extent I think what happens is that you
extent I think what happens is that you look at somebody and think that maybe
look at somebody and think that maybe
look at somebody and think that maybe something you had as a small seed in
something you had as a small seed in
something you had as a small seed in your own mind you see maybe that person
your own mind you see maybe that person
your own mind you see maybe that person has extended that or gone quite a long
has extended that or gone quite a long
has extended that or gone quite a long way with what you think you might like
way with what you think you might like
way with what you think you might like to do anything yeah that person’s doing
to do anything yeah that person’s doing
to do anything yeah that person’s doing what I really like to do and that’s what
what I really like to do and that’s what
what I really like to do and that’s what could happen that’s what I can do with
could happen that’s what I can do with
could happen that’s what I can do with what I’ve got and that’s so that kind of
what I’ve got and that’s so that kind of
what I’ve got and that’s so that kind of influence are I’m proud to if I have
influence are I’m proud to if I have
influence are I’m proud to if I have been influential on on people that in
been influential on on people that in
been influential on on people that in that way that’s really good because
that way that’s really good because
that way that’s really good because there’s a certain kind of regret that
there’s a certain kind of regret that
there’s a certain kind of regret that when you haven’t been adventurous with
when you haven’t been adventurous with
when you haven’t been adventurous with your ideas there’s when you get into a
your ideas there’s when you get into a
your ideas there’s when you get into a later life and you haven’t even tried to
later life and you haven’t even tried to
later life and you haven’t even tried to do some of the things that you really
do some of the things that you really
do some of the things that you really wanted to do and you can look back and
wanted to do and you can look back and
wanted to do and you can look back and say damn I really if only I’d had a go
say damn I really if only I’d had a go
say damn I really if only I’d had a go at that you know things might have been
at that you know things might have been
at that you know things might have been different or I would at least know if I
different or I would at least know if I
different or I would at least know if I could do it or not and the people I
could do it or not and the people I
could do it or not and the people I looked up to when I was a kid like
looked up to when I was a kid like
looked up to when I was a kid like William Burroughs and like Little
William Burroughs and like Little
William Burroughs and like Little Richard and like John Lennon that they
Richard and like John Lennon that they
Richard and like John Lennon that they did it you know and
did it you know and
did it you know and I thought well I’m gonna absolute fool
I thought well I’m gonna absolute fool
I thought well I’m gonna absolute fool of myself but I’m gonna you know go for
of myself but I’m gonna you know go for
of myself but I’m gonna you know go for it to strive for success in 2:16 you
it to strive for success in 2:16 you
it to strive for success in 2:16 you achieved success and now you sit in your
achieved success and now you sit in your
achieved success and now you sit in your green chair looking back on it all yeah
green chair looking back on it all yeah
green chair looking back on it all yeah and what do you say not true
and what do you say not true
and what do you say not true I didn’t strive for success I strive to
I didn’t strive for success I strive to
I didn’t strive for success I strive to do something artistically important and
do something artistically important and
do something artistically important and success over here I believe is very much
success over here I believe is very much
success over here I believe is very much in the kind of material world so can I
in the kind of material world so can I
in the kind of material world so can I just say that before we start I wanted
just say that before we start I wanted
just say that before we start I wanted to do something artistically valid you
to do something artistically valid you
to do something artistically valid you can learn from tragedy I think you can
can learn from tragedy I think you can
can learn from tragedy I think you can I’m not sure that a bad experiences in
I’m not sure that a bad experiences in
I’m not sure that a bad experiences in America they’re so King for you not to
America they’re so King for you not to
America they’re so King for you not to have bad experience they spend half
have bad experience they spend half
have bad experience they spend half their lives trying to avoid bad things
their lives trying to avoid bad things
their lives trying to avoid bad things happening to them I’m of the impression
happening to them I’m of the impression
happening to them I’m of the impression that bad things are something that
that bad things are something that
that bad things are something that really are important to one’s life and
really are important to one’s life and
really are important to one’s life and bad experiences and not necessarily a
bad experiences and not necessarily a
bad experiences and not necessarily a bad experience it is a gun from Bad
bad experience it is a gun from Bad
bad experience it is a gun from Bad expert they do yeah that it’s a you can
expert they do yeah that it’s a you can
expert they do yeah that it’s a you can I don’t think they should be looked at
I don’t think they should be looked at
I don’t think they should be looked at negatively at all if I’m writing and
negatively at all if I’m writing and
negatively at all if I’m writing and recording I find I don’t need to paint
recording I find I don’t need to paint
recording I find I don’t need to paint but if I’m not doing very well and I
but if I’m not doing very well and I
but if I’m not doing very well and I can’t write then it was just there’s a
can’t write then it was just there’s a
can’t write then it was just there’s a kind of a block or a blank and I just I
kind of a block or a blank and I just I
kind of a block or a blank and I just I revert to painting and that kind of
revert to painting and that kind of
revert to painting and that kind of opens up like a watershed of ideas and
opens up like a watershed of ideas and
opens up like a watershed of ideas and associations and things so it’s kind of
associations and things so it’s kind of
associations and things so it’s kind of it’s almost a device to help me often
it’s almost a device to help me often
it’s almost a device to help me often find that one medium helps the other you
find that one medium helps the other you
find that one medium helps the other you know I mean because I always go back to
know I mean because I always go back to
know I mean because I always go back to that analogy that that all they’re all
that analogy that that all they’re all
that analogy that that all they’re all all the mediums are rather like painting
all the mediums are rather like painting
all the mediums are rather like painting and you can use the same tools and work
and you can use the same tools and work
and you can use the same tools and work within all the different mediums and and
within all the different mediums and and
within all the different mediums and and so I can understand what I’m trying to
so I can understand what I’m trying to
so I can understand what I’m trying to say often by painting it first and I
say often by painting it first and I
say often by painting it first and I think now I know what I’m trying to
think now I know what I’m trying to
think now I know what I’m trying to write and I can go back and and both
write and I can go back and and both
write and I can go back and and both musically and lyrically yeah adapting to
musically and lyrically yeah adapting to
musically and lyrically yeah adapting to the idea of being kind of mainstream I
the idea of being kind of mainstream I
the idea of being kind of mainstream I found very difficult indeed
found very difficult indeed
found very difficult indeed but that looking at it in a fairly sober
but that looking at it in a fairly sober
but that looking at it in a fairly sober light I felt that I could deal with it
light I felt that I could deal with it
light I felt that I could deal with it you know and I just couldn’t I was so
you know and I just couldn’t I was so
you know and I just couldn’t I was so beat by the whole three-ring circus
beat by the whole three-ring circus
beat by the whole three-ring circus thing about it and trying to reach a
thing about it and trying to reach a
thing about it and trying to reach a wider and wider audience you know
wider and wider audience you know
wider and wider audience you know without actual any kind of feelings of
without actual any kind of feelings of
without actual any kind of feelings of artistic passion at all I didn’t really
artistic passion at all I didn’t really
artistic passion at all I didn’t really believe in the material
believe in the material
believe in the material doing and indeed some of it was very
doing and indeed some of it was very
doing and indeed some of it was very good material but I just had lost the
good material but I just had lost the
good material but I just had lost the belief in myself as a creative artist
belief in myself as a creative artist
belief in myself as a creative artist and I got introduced to Reeves Gabrels
and I got introduced to Reeves Gabrels
and I got introduced to Reeves Gabrels as a guitar player and just a good guy
as a guitar player and just a good guy
as a guitar player and just a good guy that I met and he just very simply said
that I met and he just very simply said
that I met and he just very simply said you’ve just got to stop doing this you
you’ve just got to stop doing this you
you’ve just got to stop doing this you know there’s no way out just stop doing
know there’s no way out just stop doing
know there’s no way out just stop doing it do what you like doing I said but you
it do what you like doing I said but you
it do what you like doing I said but you don’t understand so yes I to understand
don’t understand so yes I to understand
don’t understand so yes I to understand I’ve read all the books and that was it
I’ve read all the books and that was it
I’ve read all the books and that was it really and I just stopped doing it you
really and I just stopped doing it you
really and I just stopped doing it you know and I formed Tim machine with the
know and I formed Tim machine with the
know and I formed Tim machine with the really quite clumsy idea that I could
really quite clumsy idea that I could
really quite clumsy idea that I could just disappear into abandon anima Slee I
just disappear into abandon anima Slee I
just disappear into abandon anima Slee I found my exit from all that mainstream
found my exit from all that mainstream
found my exit from all that mainstream stuff through Tim Machine I mean that
stuff through Tim Machine I mean that
stuff through Tim Machine I mean that was my sort of my holy grail at the time
was my sort of my holy grail at the time
was my sort of my holy grail at the time it was ah this is the truth I don’t find
it was ah this is the truth I don’t find
it was ah this is the truth I don’t find it very exciting anymore German I think
it very exciting anymore German I think
it very exciting anymore German I think it’s got to get a lot more dangerous
it’s got to get a lot more dangerous
it’s got to get a lot more dangerous again well working on it yeah I think
again well working on it yeah I think
again well working on it yeah I think it’s probably good to step back from
it’s probably good to step back from
it’s probably good to step back from one’s work for a while and and try
one’s work for a while and and try
one’s work for a while and and try something totally new I think it give it
something totally new I think it give it
something totally new I think it give it does revitalize your original enthusiasm
does revitalize your original enthusiasm
does revitalize your original enthusiasm and that’s what it has been like for me
and that’s what it has been like for me
and that’s what it has been like for me over the last few years and now that I
over the last few years and now that I
over the last few years and now that I have ventured back into something that’s
have ventured back into something that’s
have ventured back into something that’s very personalized it does seem that
very personalized it does seem that
very personalized it does seem that there’s been a lot brewing and it is
there’s been a lot brewing and it is
there’s been a lot brewing and it is just thank god this is visual whatever I
just thank god this is visual whatever I
just thank god this is visual whatever I go on the road with again will have to
go on the road with again will have to
go on the road with again will have to be something that I have the utmost
be something that I have the utmost
be something that I have the utmost belief in which is a great way to start
belief in which is a great way to start
belief in which is a great way to start again for me for the 90s for my age
again for me for the 90s for my age
again for me for the 90s for my age there’s peculiar crossroads in rock now
there’s peculiar crossroads in rock now
there’s peculiar crossroads in rock now with so many of us approaching forties
with so many of us approaching forties
with so many of us approaching forties and will shortly be in their 50s so if
and will shortly be in their 50s so if
and will shortly be in their 50s so if this is kind of a brave new world for us
this is kind of a brave new world for us
this is kind of a brave new world for us so that the the possibilities are almost
so that the the possibilities are almost
so that the the possibilities are almost limitless what can we do now do we do
limitless what can we do now do we do
limitless what can we do now do we do what is the usual predictable thing
what is the usual predictable thing
what is the usual predictable thing which is not is Kara’s his revered
which is not is Kara’s his revered
which is not is Kara’s his revered repertoire within throughout his career
repertoire within throughout his career
repertoire within throughout his career but as we were doing new things when we
but as we were doing new things when we
but as we were doing new things when we first started we should also continue to
first started we should also continue to
first started we should also continue to do new things now so I thought for some
do new things now so I thought for some
do new things now so I thought for some people what I might consider rubbish
people what I might consider rubbish
people what I might consider rubbish might actually have a real strong
might actually have a real strong
might actually have a real strong trigger to somebody else the way they
trigger to somebody else the way they
trigger to somebody else the way they look at it and what they need from it
look at it and what they need from it
look at it and what they need from it you know an artist these days especially
you know an artist these days especially
you know an artist these days especially since Marcel Duchamp poem about the work
since Marcel Duchamp poem about the work
since Marcel Duchamp poem about the work is only one aspect
is only one aspect
is only one aspect Tovah the work is never finished now
Tovah the work is never finished now
Tovah the work is never finished now until the viewer contributes himself the
until the viewer contributes himself the
until the viewer contributes himself the art is always only half finished it’s
art is always only half finished it’s
art is always only half finished it’s never completed until the audience for
never completed until the audience for
never completed until the audience for it first then it’s the combination of
it first then it’s the combination of
it first then it’s the combination of the interpretation of the audience and
the interpretation of the audience and
the interpretation of the audience and the Asiya worked itself it’s that gray
the Asiya worked itself it’s that gray
the Asiya worked itself it’s that gray area in the middle is about what the
area in the middle is about what the
area in the middle is about what the work is about okay I don’t know why but
work is about okay I don’t know why but
work is about okay I don’t know why but ever since I was really young I thought
ever since I was really young I thought
ever since I was really young I thought I didn’t never have a problem making
I didn’t never have a problem making
I didn’t never have a problem making money whatever I did so really it was a
money whatever I did so really it was a
money whatever I did so really it was a choice of what was I going to do for it
choice of what was I going to do for it
choice of what was I going to do for it and I just had a passionate affair with
and I just had a passionate affair with
and I just had a passionate affair with music it is a very amorous affair with
music it is a very amorous affair with
music it is a very amorous affair with music as I get older I get more and more
music as I get older I get more and more
music as I get older I get more and more selfish about what it is that I want to
selfish about what it is that I want to
selfish about what it is that I want to do that I find satisfying and it’s
do that I find satisfying and it’s
do that I find satisfying and it’s definitely how one should spend one’s
definitely how one should spend one’s
definitely how one should spend one’s life is is because you know if you make
life is is because you know if you make
life is is because you know if you make yourself happy a little bit of that
yourself happy a little bit of that
yourself happy a little bit of that sunshine can spread on to others thank
sunshine can spread on to others thank
sunshine can spread on to others thank you guys so much for watching I hope you
you guys so much for watching I hope you
you guys so much for watching I hope you enjoyed I’d love to know which of the
enjoyed I’d love to know which of the
enjoyed I’d love to know which of the top ten clips that you saw meant the
top ten clips that you saw meant the
top ten clips that you saw meant the most to you had the biggest impact leave
most to you had the biggest impact leave
most to you had the biggest impact leave it in the comments below and I’m going
it in the comments below and I’m going
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to join in the discussion and if there’s
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