The marriage, his second, inspired the music and lyrics to several of the songs on Bowie’s arresting new solo album, “Black Tie White Noise.” The album is Bowie’s first solo release in six years and his first since becoming “just one of the guys” in Tin Machine, the hard-rocking quartet with which he has twice toured and recorded since 1988. In a recent interview from London, the English pop superstar demonstrated otherwise, vividly recalling events ranging from his childhood saxophone lessons and lifelong love of jazz to his wedding last year to Somalian-born model-actress Iman.

“I have a memory rather like Swiss cheese,” David Bowie said with a chuckle. Bowie savors personal, musical ch-ch-changes “I feel I possibly have the technique of Bill Clinton and the enthusiasm of John Coltrane!” Bowie said in our 1993 interview. This held especially true when the topics were ones he wasn’t usually asked about, such as how his approach to songwriting changed in the early 1990s, his abiding love for jazz and his saxophone command (or lack thereof). Bowie did at least a half dozen interviews with the San Diego Union-Tribune over the years.Īlternately wry and reflective in conversation, he answered questions thoughtfully and with candor.

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