St. Vincent (Annie Clark)

And it was the first music that I heard that I went, this is my music.

This is the music of my generation.

Well, I've certainly dealt with a combo platter of depression and anxiety in my life.

You know, I had my first panic attack when I was eight.

So that was always part of my consciousness, you know.

But I certainly remember the day he died.

And I remember me and all my friends getting together and writing Kurt Lives on our faces.

And, I mean, we were children.

I mean, I was 12.

Well, I think Bowie even went so far as to say that he was bisexual in the 70s, which, I mean... And that was shocking in its time.

Right?

Mic drop like that was dangerous then.

You know, now that's a feather in your cap.

Then I was, you know, daggers were out for him.

So, yeah, I, you know, I'm queer, so...

I've always felt like gender and identity were a performance.

I've been aware of that since I was a young child and learning how to code switch growing up in Texas and everything.

So it kind of makes sense for me to deal with all of that, to deal with persona, to deal with identity in my work.

And as far as David Bowie, I mean...

Gosh, he was just an artist.