"Instead of going chung-chung-chung on the guitar,
I went nee-nee-nee on the synth."
- Gary Numan

1978

"It's so quiet and dark, and I shouldn't be here. This machine is my voice, please listen" - 'Steel and you'

1979

"The strangest living boy you could ever wish to see, 'That's me'." - 'The Machman'

"My only talent musically is as an arranger of noises."
- Gary Numan

1980

"The telephone lines blind, You have defaced my face." - 'Please push no more'

1981

"Boys like me aren't supposed to cry, But it's so easy to do, Boys like me aren't supposed to cry, But just look at you." - 'Night-talk'

1982

"Same old smile that cracked a thousand hearts, But not mine. Same old line, I've read the book and I know you well." - 'The 1930's Rust'

1983

"Somewhere in dark corners, I know, something is wrong." - 'My Centurion'

1984

"Something is here, I can hear them breathe, Something is here, And I'm scared." - 'Cold Warning'

1985

"You told me, Time makes it easy, But you never told me time stands still." - 'I still Remember'

1986

"I'm back and I'm proven, I'm back and I'm strong, And I've been waiting for so long now." - 'I Can't Stop'

1988

"I wonder if at times, you ever think of me, or even call my name, I don't suppose you do?" - 'Whispers'

1992

"Love is a mountain, but harder to climb, it should be forever, but love is unkind to me." - 'The Seed of a lie'

1986

"And I'll believe in you, when you come for me, And I'll believe in you, When the world comes apart." - 'Faith'

1997

"I would swim across oceans, just to talk with you. I would climb a tall mountain, just to look at you." - 'Absolution'

The following pictures are my own photos which were taken
at the Big Thunder Airshow at Bruntingthorpe Airfield
where Gary was flying his Harvard.

The Radial Pair - Gary Numan (top) and Norman Lees.

AND TO PROVE I ACTUALLY MET HIM....

Me with Gary.

My autographed 'Warriors' Tour Programme.