David Bowie quotes - page 6

I'm rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work it's no longer his. (David Bowie)
I don't like to read things that people write about me. I'd rather read what kids have to say about me, because it's not their profession to do that. View quote
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I wish myself to be a prop, if anything, for my songs. I want to be the vehicle for my songs. I would like to colour the material with as much visual expression as is necessary for that song. View quote
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It would be my guess that Madonna is not a very happy woman. From my own experience, having gone through persona changes like that, that kind of clawing need to be the center of attention is not a pleasant place to be. View quote
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There's a schizoid streak within the family anyway so I dare say that I'm affected by that. The majority of the people in my family have been in some kind of mental institution, as for my brother he doesn't want to leave. He likes it very much. View quote
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I realized the other day that I've lived in New York longer than I've lived anywhere else. It's amazing: I am a New Yorker. It's strange; I never thought I would be. View quote
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Is it Nice in your snowstorm- freezing your brain Do you think that your face looks the same. View quote
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It's an odd feeling, like something else is guiding you, although forcing your hand is more like it. View quote
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Nevertheless, I still don't know what the voice is saying, or even what language it's in. View quote
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Those who feel me near Pull the blinds and change their minds. View quote
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Something happened on the day he died Spirit rose a metre and stepped aside Somebody else took his place, and bravely cried (I'm a blackstar, I'm a blackstar) (David Bowie)
Steel on the skyline Sky made of glass Made for a real world All things must pass. View quote
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The words just jolly it along. It's always been my way of expressing what for me is inexpressible by any other means. View quote
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What is the quality you most like in a man? The ability to return books. View quote
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How many times does an angel fall? How many people lie instead of talking tall? View quote
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Aging is an extraordinary process whereby you become the person you always should have been. View quote
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As long as there's me As long as there's you. View quote
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Though nothing, nothing will keep us together We can beat them, forever and ever Oh, we can be heroes just for one day. View quote
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Heathenism is a state of mind. You can take it that I'm referring to one who does not see his world. He has no mental light. He destroys almost unwittingly. View quote
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Cause I'd rather stay here With all the madmen Than perish with the sadmen roaming free And I'd rather play here With all the madmen For I'm quite content they're all as sane As me. View quote
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Look up here, I'm in heaven I've got scars that can't be seen I've got drama, can't be stolen Everybody knows me now. (David Bowie)
Gentleness clears the soul Love cleans the mind And makes it Free. View quote
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And I don't care what anybody says; I like doing it, and it's what I shall continue to do. View quote
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I don't profess to have music as my big wheel and there are a number of other things as important to me apart from music. Theatre and mime, for instance. View quote
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The absolute transformation of everything that we ever thought about music will take place within 10 years, and nothing is going to be able to stop it. I see absolutely no point in pretending that it's not going to happen. I'm fully confident that copyright, for instance, will no longer exist in 10 years. View quote
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