David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes

Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity. So it's like, just take advantage of these last few years because none of this is ever going to happen again. You'd better be prepared for doing a lot of touring because that's really the only unique situation that's going to be left.

David Bowie

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• A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.

  

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• Discouragement, fear, doubt, lack of self-confidence, are the germs which have killed the prosperity and happiness of tens of thousands of people.

  

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• Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.

  

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• Russia and China completely disagree with the international order that was established after World War II, and they're trying to take it apart right before our eyes.

  

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• I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think.

  

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• A house is kind of scary.

  

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• Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

  

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• For a machine to run smoothly and predictably, its parts must be standard and hence replaceable, features which contribute, respectively, to modern depersonalization and anxiety.

  

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• Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity. So it's like, just take advantage of these last few years because none of this is ever going to happen again. You'd better be prepared for doing a lot of touring because that's really the only unique situation that's going to be left.

  

  David Bowie
  • Running
  • Water
  • Electricity