Editing Kraftwerk (section)

=== Reclusiveness and eccentricity ===
The band is also known for being notoriously reclusive, providing rare and enigmatic interviews, using life-size mannequins and robots while conducting official photo shoots, refusing to answer fanmail and barring visitors from the Kling Klang Studio, the precise location of which they used to keep secret.

Another notable example of this eccentric behavior was reported to [[Johnny Marr]] of [[the Smiths]] by Karl Bartos, who explained that anyone trying to contact the band for collaboration would be told the studio telephone did not have a ringer since, while recording, the band did not like to hear any kind of noise pollution. Instead, callers were instructed to phone the studio precisely at a certain time, whereupon the phone would be answered by Ralf Hütter, despite never hearing the phone ring.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ioyvLPs4Bc | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629180016/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ioyvLPs4Bc| archive-date=29 June 2012|title=Top 100 Albums: Kraftwerk Trans-Europe-Express commented by Johnny Marr and Mark Radcliffe |publisher=YouTube |date=1 April 2007 |access-date=14 December 2012}}</ref>

[[Chris Martin]] of [[Coldplay]] recalled in a 2007 article in [[Q (magazine)|''Q'']] magazine the process of requesting permission to use the melody from the track "[[Computer Love (Kraftwerk song)|Computer Love]]" on "[[Talk (Coldplay song)|Talk]]" from the album ''[[X&Y]]''. He sent a letter through the lawyers of the respective parties and several weeks later received an envelope containing a handwritten reply that simply said "yes".<ref name="Q Magazine – The 21 people who changed Music.">Goddard, Simon. "The 21 people who changed music – They are the robots." ''[[Q Magazine]]''. November 2007, p. 106.</ref>