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David Bowie quotes: I've been putting out the fire with gasoline. I've been putting out the fire with gasoline.
David Bowie quotes: Everything we look at and choose is some way of expressing how we want to be perceived. Everything we look at and choose is some way of expressing how we want to be perceived.
David Bowie quotes: I once asked [John] Lennon what he thought of what I do. He said 'it's great, but its just rock and roll with lipstick on'. I once asked [John] Lennon what he thought of what I do. He said 'it's great, but its just rock and roll with lipstick on'.
David Bowie quotes: What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do. What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do.
David Bowie quotes: Turn and face the strange. Turn and face the strange.
David Bowie quotes: I was never particularly fond of my voice. I was never particularly fond of my voice.
David Bowie quotes: I am a moderately good singer. I am not a great singer but I can interpret a song, which I don't think is quite the same as singing it. I am a moderately good singer. I am not a great singer but I can interpret a song, which I don't think is quite the same as singing it.
David Bowie quotes: When I heard Little Richard, I mean, it just set my world on fire. When I heard Little Richard, I mean, it just set my world on fire.
David Bowie quotes: There's a starman waiting in the sky, he'd like to come and meet us, but he thinks he'd blow our minds. There's a starman waiting in the sky, he'd like to come and meet us, but he thinks he'd blow our minds.
David Bowie quotes: There's a taste in my mouth and it's no taste at all. There's a taste in my mouth and it's no taste at all.
David Bowie quotes: TimeHe flexes like a whoreFalls wanking to the floorHis trick is you and me, boy Time
He flexes like a whore
Falls wanking to the floor
His trick is you and me, boy
David Bowie quotes: Frankly, if I could get away with not having to perform, I'd be very happy. It's not my favorite thing to do. Frankly, if I could get away with not having to perform, I'd be very happy. It's not my favorite thing to do.
David Bowie quotes: I'm regarded quite asexually by a lot of people. And the people that understand me the best are nearer to what I understand about me. I'm regarded quite asexually by a lot of people. And the people that understand me the best are nearer to what I understand about me.
David Bowie quotes: My sexual nature is irrelevant. I'm an actor, I play roles, fragments of myself. My sexual nature is irrelevant. I'm an actor, I play roles, fragments of myself.
David Bowie quotes: Hey man, I gotta straighten my face. This mellow thighed chick just put my spine out of place. Hey man, I gotta straighten my face. This mellow thighed chick just put my spine out of place.
David Bowie quotes: Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming
David Bowie quotes: I'll stick with you baby for a thousand years. I'll stick with you baby for a thousand years.
David Bowie quotes: Trust nothing but your own experience. Trust nothing but your own experience.
David Bowie quotes: A lot of people provide me with quotes. They suggest all kinds of things to say and I do, really, because I'm not very hip at all. A lot of people provide me with quotes. They suggest all kinds of things to say and I do, really, because I'm not very hip at all.
David Bowie quotes: Pixies and Sonic Youth were so important to the eighties. Pixies and Sonic Youth were so important to the eighties.
David Bowie quotes: I guess, people like myself and Roxy Music that had a different agenda about taking up music. I guess, people like myself and Roxy Music that had a different agenda about taking up music.
David Bowie quotes: I'll place my love beneath the stars. I'll place my love beneath the stars.
David Bowie quotes: Feeling so gay, feeling so gay. Feeling so gay, feeling so gay.
David Bowie quotes: I wanted to rewrite how rock music was perceived. I wanted to rewrite how rock music was perceived.
David Bowie quotes: I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized that to many people he is not a sex symbol, but a mother image. I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized that to many people he is not a sex symbol, but a mother image.
David Bowie quotes: She will be your living hell. She will be your living hell.
David Bowie quotes: I would drive to gigs in my tiny little Fiat. I would shoot up and down the M1 to play at various places. I would drive to gigs in my tiny little Fiat. I would shoot up and down the M1 to play at various places.
David Bowie quotes: It's always time to question what has become standard and established. It's always time to question what has become standard and established.
David Bowie quotes: As you get older the questions come down to two or three. How long have I got and what am I gonna do with the time I've got left? As you get older the questions come down to two or three. How long have I got and what am I gonna do with the time I've got left?
David Bowie quotes: Once you lose that sense of wonder at being alive, you're pretty much on the way out ... Once you lose that sense of wonder at being alive, you're pretty much on the way out ...
David Bowie quotes: I'd rather stay here with all the madmen than perish with the sadmen roaming free. I'd rather stay here with all the madmen than perish with the sadmen roaming free.
David Bowie quotes: If we could be heroes, if just for one day. If we could be heroes, if just for one day.
David Bowie quotes: I think hip-hop is actually one of the most challenging things that's happened in music in a long time. I think hip-hop is actually one of the most challenging things that's happened in music in a long time.
David Bowie quotes: I'm very shy. That's probably one of the reasons I got so heavily into drugs. I'm very shy. That's probably one of the reasons I got so heavily into drugs.
David Bowie quotes: Mine is really - Ziggy Stardust, characters, "Let's Dance." That's me in the American. Mine is really - Ziggy Stardust, characters, "Let's Dance." That's me in the American.
David Bowie quotes: When I'm stuck for a closing to a lyric, I will drag out my last resort: overwhelming illogic. When I'm stuck for a closing to a lyric, I will drag out my last resort: overwhelming illogic.
David Bowie quotes: He says he's a beautician and sells you nutrition, and keeps all your dead hair for making underwear. He says he's a beautician and sells you nutrition, and keeps all your dead hair for making underwear.
David Bowie quotes: Someday, I'm gonna write a poem in a letter; Someday, I'm gonna get that faculty together. Someday, I'm gonna write a poem in a letter; Someday, I'm gonna get that faculty together.
David Bowie quotes: Lou Reed is the most important definitive writer in modern rock. Not because of the stuff that he does, but the direction that he will take it. Lou Reed is the most important definitive writer in modern rock. Not because of the stuff that he does, but the direction that he will take it.
David Bowie quotes: What is the quality you most like in a man? The ability to return books. What is the quality you most like in a man?
The ability to return books.
David Bowie quotes: People got extremely comfortable with being able to turn on their television and see MTV say, "This guy's hot you should buy this record." People got extremely comfortable with being able to turn on their television and see MTV say, "This guy's hot you should buy this record."
David Bowie quotes: Oooh, fashion, we are the goon squad and were coming to town, beep beep. Oooh, fashion, we are the goon squad and were coming to town, beep beep.
David Bowie quotes: If I had a talent, it was for looking askew at everything, possibly more than my contemporaries. But I had to really push myself to be a writer. If I had a talent, it was for looking askew at everything, possibly more than my contemporaries. But I had to really push myself to be a writer.
David Bowie quotes: When I was 18, I thought that, to be a romantic, you couldn't live past 30. When I was 18, I thought that, to be a romantic, you couldn't live past 30.
David Bowie quotes: Let the children use it, let the children lose it, let all the children boogie. Let the children use it, let the children lose it, let all the children boogie.
David Bowie quotes: The only art I'll ever study is stuff I can steal from. The only art I'll ever study is stuff I can steal from.
David Bowie quotes: All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our maker. All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our maker.
David Bowie quotes: The truth is, of course, that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time. The truth is, of course, that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.
David Bowie quotes: I re-invented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman. I re-invented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman.
David Bowie quotes: Age doesn't bother me. So many of my heroes were older guys. It's the lack of years left that weighs far heavier on me than the age that I am. Age doesn't bother me. So many of my heroes were older guys. It's the lack of years left that weighs far heavier on me than the age that I am.
David Bowie quotes: GYBE are among my, erm, two favourite Montreal bands, Arcade Fire being the other. GYBE are among my, erm, two favourite Montreal bands, Arcade Fire being the other.
David Bowie quotes: Time may change me, but I can't trace time. Time may change me, but I can't trace time.
David Bowie quotes: I believe in Beatles, I believe my little soul has grown. I believe in Beatles, I believe my little soul has grown.
David Bowie quotes: I met my wife because we were both going out with the same guy. I met my wife because we were both going out with the same guy.
David Bowie quotes: Turn and face the strange changes. Turn and face the strange changes.
David Bowie quotes: This is a mad planet," David Bowie said in 1971. "It's doomed to madness. This is a mad planet," David Bowie said in 1971. "It's doomed to madness.
David Bowie quotes: I find only freedom in the realms of eccentricity. I find only freedom in the realms of eccentricity.
David Bowie quotes: And you, You can be mean And I, I'll drink all the time 'Cause we're lovers, And that is a fact Yes we're lovers, And that is that And you, You can be mean And I, I'll drink all the time 'Cause we're lovers, And that is a fact Yes we're lovers, And that is that
David Bowie quotes: I'm English. I can't accept happiness that easily. There's got to be a trick in there somewhere. I'm English. I can't accept happiness that easily. There's got to be a trick in there somewhere.
David Bowie quotes: See the mice in their million hordesFrom Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads. See the mice in their million hordes
From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads.
David Bowie quotes: You would think that a rock star being married to a super-model would be one of the greatest things in the world. It is. You would think that a rock star being married to a super-model would be one of the greatest things in the world. It is.
David Bowie quotes: Fame puts you there where things are hollow. Fame puts you there where things are hollow.
David Bowie quotes: The character thing really is sort of, for me, personally, rather ancient history. The character thing really is sort of, for me, personally, rather ancient history.
David Bowie quotes: Now I realize that from '72 through to about '76, I was the ultimate rock star. I couldn't have been more rock star. Now I realize that from '72 through to about '76, I was the ultimate rock star. I couldn't have been more rock star.
David Bowie quotes: I don't expect the human race to progress in too many areas. However, having a child with an ear infection makes one hugely grateful for antibiotics. I don't expect the human race to progress in too many areas. However, having a child with an ear infection makes one hugely grateful for antibiotics.
David Bowie quotes: The only art I'll ever study is stuff that I can steal from. The only art I'll ever study is stuff that I can steal from.
David Bowie quotes: People look to me to see what the spirit of the Seventies is. People look to me to see what the spirit of the Seventies is.
David Bowie quotes: I'm a person who can take on the guises of people I meet. I'm a collector, and I collect personalities and ideas. I'm a person who can take on the guises of people I meet. I'm a collector, and I collect personalities and ideas.
David Bowie quotes: Listen to me, don't listen to me. Talk to me, don't talk to me. Listen to me, don't listen to me. Talk to me, don't talk to me.
David Bowie quotes: Style is about the choices you make to create the aspects of civilization that you wish to uphold. Style is about the choices you make to create the aspects of civilization that you wish to uphold.
David Bowie quotes: In your fear, seek only peace. In your fear, seek only love. In your fear, seek only peace. In your fear, seek only love.
David Bowie quotes: I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human. I felt very puny as a human. I thought, 'Fuck that. I want to be a superhuman. I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human. I felt very puny as a human. I thought, 'Fuck that. I want to be a superhuman.
David Bowie quotes: Bully for you, chilly for me, got to get a raincheck on pain. Bully for you, chilly for me, got to get a raincheck on pain.
David Bowie quotes: I never really had much of an interest in fashion. I never really had much of an interest in fashion.
David Bowie quotes: Confront a corpse at least once. The absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging confrontation you will ever have.David Bowie Confront a corpse at least once. The absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging confrontation you will ever have.
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David Bowie quotes: Hear this Robert Zimmerman, I wrote a song for you, about a strange young man called Dylan with a voice like sand and glue. Hear this Robert Zimmerman, I wrote a song for you, about a strange young man called Dylan with a voice like sand and glue.
David Bowie quotes: I'm not a natural performer. I don't like performing very much. I'm not a natural performer. I don't like performing very much.
David Bowie quotes: There's a terror in knowing what the world is about There's a terror in knowing what the world is about
David Bowie quotes: The coming together of people I find obscene as a principle. It is not human. It is not a natural thing as some people would have us believe. The coming together of people I find obscene as a principle. It is not human. It is not a natural thing as some people would have us believe.
David Bowie quotes: For here, I'm sitting in a tin can, far above the world. Planet earth is blue, and there is nothing I can do. For here, I'm sitting in a tin can, far above the world. Planet earth is blue, and there is nothing I can do.
David Bowie quotes: All Montreal bands have around nine members, I believe. All Montreal bands have around nine members, I believe.
David Bowie quotes: Never bored, so I'll never get old Never bored, so I'll never get old
David Bowie quotes: I guess it's flattering that everyone believed I was those characters, but it also is dehumanizing. I guess it's flattering that everyone believed I was those characters, but it also is dehumanizing.
David Bowie quotes: I think much has been made of this alter ego business. I mean, I actually stopped creating characters in 1975 - for albums, anyway. I think much has been made of this alter ego business. I mean, I actually stopped creating characters in 1975 - for albums, anyway.
David Bowie quotes: We could steal time, just for one day We can be Heroes, for ever and ever What d'you say? We could steal time, just for one day
We can be Heroes, for ever and ever
What d'you say?
David Bowie quotes: I was very into making the Big Artistic Statement - it had to be innovative; it had to be cutting edge. I was desperately keen on being original. I was very into making the Big Artistic Statement - it had to be innovative; it had to be cutting edge. I was desperately keen on being original.
David Bowie quotes: A career of nearly 40 years, is not very long. A career of nearly 40 years, is not very long.
David Bowie quotes: Everywhere I looked, demons of the future [were] on the battlegrounds of one's emotional plane. Everywhere I looked, demons of the future [were] on the battlegrounds of one's emotional plane.
David Bowie quotes: We can't stop trying til we break up our minds, til the sun drips blood on the seedy young knight. We can't stop trying til we break up our minds, til the sun drips blood on the seedy young knight.
David Bowie quotes: When you think about it, Adolf Hitler was the first pop star. When you think about it, Adolf Hitler was the first pop star.
David Bowie quotes: I don't crave applause. I'm not one of those guys who comes alive on stage. I'm much more alive at home, I think. I don't crave applause. I'm not one of those guys who comes alive on stage. I'm much more alive at home, I think.
David Bowie quotes: Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth. Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth.
David Bowie quotes: I feel confident imposing change on myself. It's a lot more fun progressing than looking back. That's why I need to throw curve balls. I feel confident imposing change on myself. It's a lot more fun progressing than looking back. That's why I need to throw curve balls.
David Bowie quotes: I'm not a prophet or a stone aged man / just a mortal with potential of a superman / I'm living on. I'm not a prophet or a stone aged man / just a mortal with potential of a superman / I'm living on.
David Bowie quotes: I really believe that Bob Dylan and others have speeded up the changes. Pacifism has found a voice at last. I really believe that Bob Dylan and others have speeded up the changes. Pacifism has found a voice at last.
David Bowie quotes: Every time I've made a radical change it's helped me feel buoyant as an artist Every time I've made a radical change it's helped me feel buoyant as an artist
David Bowie quotes: The moment you know you know you know. The moment you know you know you know.
David Bowie quotes: I didn't say that wearing a glamorization of the rock artist was any truer from the other thing. I didn't say that wearing a glamorization of the rock artist was any truer from the other thing.
David Bowie quotes: Secret thinker sometimes listening aloud. Secret thinker sometimes listening aloud.
David Bowie quotes: It would be positively boring if minds were in tune. It would be positively boring if minds were in tune.

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