Uploaded May 2014 | Updated September 2026, 55 minutes ago

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"I never really felt like a rock singer or a rock star. I always felt a little bit out of my element"
- David Bowie on June 3, 1987

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Interview by Joe Smith

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Watch the previous episodes:

Gene Wilder on The Truth
youtube.com/watch?v=8PUW2POEjX4

John Lennon on Love
youtu.be/DmvmnYEy9NY

Johnny Cash on The Gospel
youtu.be/ALGi0tcFCcw

Heath Ledger on Role Playing
youtu.be/qDRUzbAa6lI

Tupac on Life and Death
youtube.com/watch?v=6x2FqX2YZws

Kurt Cobain on Identity
youtu.be/C1Z2BkZaOQc

Janis Joplin on Rejection
youtube.com/watch?v=VdF4b1_LQnQ

Barry White on Making Love
youtube.com/watch?v=SmJIlqjYGkw

Maurice Sendak on Being a Kid
youtube.com/watch?v=KvtgqJTVVhE

Carol Burnett on Finding Home
youtube.com/watch?v=Aixlc1DJZiE

Grace Kelly on JFK
youtube.com/watch?v=K5EOuppHoTM

Farrah Fawcett on Stiletto Power
youtu.be/8Eskff0RUQ8

Beastie Boys on Being Stupid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4mx2P...

David Foster Wallace on Ambition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5R8gd...

Wilt Chamberlain on Tall Tales
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxLiVn...

Larry King on Getting Seduced
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yD8Pz...

Jim Morrison on Why Fat is Beautiful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhszZ5...

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Music
David Bowie
"Ziggy Stardust"
"Moonage Daydream"
"Lady Stardust"

Photos
Adam Bielawski
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
CBS Television
LIFE/Google

Video
Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture, Parlophone
David Bowie "Life on Mars" Video, EMI
Old Grey Whistle Test, BBC

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