David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes

I always had a repulsive sort of need to be something more than human. I felt very very puny as a human. I thought, 'Fuck that. I want to be a superman.'

David Bowie

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• I always had a repulsive sort of need to be something more than human. I felt very very puny as a human. I thought, 'Fuck that. I want to be a superman.'

  

  David Bowie
  • Superman