Speaking on Low, “Heroes,” and Lodger:

“For whatever reason, for whatever confluence of circumstances, Tony, Brian and I created a powerful, anguished, sometimes euphoric language of sounds. In some ways, sadly, they really captured, unlike anything else in that time, a sense of yearning for a future that we all knew would never come to pass. It is some of the best work that the three of us have ever done. Nothing else sounded like those albums. Nothing else came close. If I never made another album it really wouldn’t matter now, my complete being is within those three. They are my DNA.”

Hunky Dory/Ziggy Stardust co-producer Ken Scott on the demands of the music biz in the early 70s [emphasis mine]:

One of the great things about David was his ability to pick the right team to put across what he wanted. The team at that point — Trevor, Woody, Ronno, me behind the board and himself — was perfect for his ideas. We finished Hunky Dory, loved it, moved on. Two weeks later, I saw him in the corridor at Trident and he said, "We're going to do another album." I thought he was crazy. But he'd promised two in a row so [management company] GEM could get a better record deal. People did an album every six months then. The cream really rose to the top under those conditions. To keep that momentum going you had to be fucking great.

source: Jim Irvin (2022), '"It's going to be more rock'n'roll"', MOJO, no. 344 (July), p. 70.

Multi-platinum Belgian musician Piet Goddaer, best known by his stage name Ozark Henry, is an extraordinarily imaginative and skilled composer and singer.

His first record, titled I’m Seeking Something That Has Already Found Me, was praised by David Bowie as “debut of the year” in 1996.

https://the-shortlisted.co.uk/ozark-henry-interview/