The sources for artists quotes in this article are listed below:
Eight Days a Week, BBC2, 1984
David Sylvian interviewed by Steve Harris, Toshiba EMI, Tokyo, 1986
Interviewing the legends, Bill Nelson, Ray Sasho, 2019
La Belle Et La Bête, Bill Nelson, Dreamsville/billnelson.com
The Missing Link is a Magician, The Independent, Mark Prendergast, 1995
David Sylvian, threads, 2024
Codex Rosae Crucis, Manly P. Hall, Philosophical Research Society Inc. U.S., 1971
David Sylvian interview, Suzanne Dowling, Rock Arena, Australian TV, 1986
Getting the Holy Ghost Across, Bill Nelson interviewed by Ian Gilby, Sound On Sound, 1986
David Sylvian, x/twitter, 2023
Bill Nelson Buzzes, Gerrit Hillebrand, davidsylvian.net, 2002
Bill Nelson interview, Duncan Haskell, songwritingmagazine.co.uk, 2018
Laughter & Forgetting, David Sylvian interviewed by Jim Shelley, Blitz, 1986
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