Ok so....I'm watching all these tributes to David Bowie, and I don't mean to opportunistically jumping on some guy's death to claim some "three degrees removed from Kevin Bacon" relevance to the whole deal,but I have been reflecting on his life and influence, and I remember the first time I saw him as Ziggy Stardust, the gender-bending redhead that he made famous. It was in that era when I was still getting beat up by kids just for being quiet and shy, and for having red hair, I.e., "different". Which, ironically, was exactly how I felt about myself vs the "popular" kids whose only achievement was a dubious homogeneity with regard to the clothes they wore and their embrace of either sports or academia. And Iheard him sing "Ziggy played guitar..." and I remember going...."Hmmm..?" I actually still have a portrait that I did when I was maybe 13 where I drew myself with this weird, androgynous hairdo and makeup. Years later, when I was in a few of my 80s cover "glam" bands with my crazy hair and wearing girl's clothing, I realize now that I was perhaps channeling Ziggy Stardust in my own subconscious way...yeah,I was different, yeah, I was not as macho as other guys, skinny and lanky as a chopstick, and yeah, I had red hair. So the ef what---Ziggy was all of those things too--and he played guitar. 
Thanks, David, and Ziggy, for being in my head when I needed ya. 