David Bowie: The Collector

Nick Smart explores the influences and collaborators that shaped David Bowie's unique creative genius and success.

If it’s true that most musicians who worked with Bowie did their best work with him, is it also the case that Bowie’s work benefited enormously from the ideas and creativity of the people he surrounded himself with? As he himself said, ‘It's not what you steal, it's how you use it!’

A study of the people from whom Bowie borrowed from is long overdue. Bowie’s own genius is beyond ...