David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes

Rather than really have, like a close relationship to anything that's coming out today, people are just, they've got it on as background music. It's kind of the same way the cabdrivers use music; it's very disposable.

David Bowie

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Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if you don't mind.

Edith Piaf
- Mind
- Tell
- Whatever
To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true... I've never been much of an actor either. If something is real for me, then I can do it.

Barry McGuire
- Real
- True
- Me
Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.

C. S. Lewis
- People
- Great
- Believe
But a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.

Patrick Geddes
- Time
- City
- Space
A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.

Gary Becker
- Chinese
- Stronger
- Lead
Eventually, I decided that if I was going to really write a novel, I couldn't do it in New York City while holding down a job. You need a constant money source to live in New York City unless you're independently wealthy, which I'm not.

Rachel Kushner
- Live
- Money
- Job