David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes

I was always accused of being cold and unfeeling. It was because I was intimidated about touching people.

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• I was always accused of being cold and unfeeling. It was because I was intimidated about touching people.

  

  David Bowie
  • People
  • Cold
  • Touching