He almost singlehandedly created New Wave. His music and style defined it—the chunky, downbeated rhythm guitar, the loony synthesizer lines, the irony, the warbly voice and lack of macho posturing, and most of all the FUN. Always fun and not so serious.

People think that's easy. It ain't.

RIP to a great songwriter, one of the greatest. He moved so many, with a light heart.