David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes
However, there's no theme or concept behind Heathen, just a number of songs but somehow there is a thread that runs through it that is quite as strong as any of my thematic type albums.
Quotes to Explore
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People should know what they want, not just what they don't want.
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I am a free man. I don't need to earn money. But I need to love what I do.
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Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material.
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I have a very 'theatre' face. I have what they call a wide mask. I probably would have been a big film star in the '20s with the silent films where they used a lot of key lighting, and make-up carved out your face.
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I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.
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I myself feel that I'm a well-rounded player and got a lot better defensively and without the puck as time has gone on.
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The state of law is equal for all people. It cannot depend on electoral politics.
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One thing my family has shown me is that having a sense of humor is everything.
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There are artists who think they have to be on top all the time. I think that would be exhausting.
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I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion.
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I think what was frustrating to see a lot of good people go. You don't picture it, you don't imagine it, don't think it could happen. When it does, you are puzzled.
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You see and work with many of the same people over and over again; they are all specialists in what they do. I could never do their jobs, and they say they wouldn't know how to start to do a warm-up.
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I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some of the books, I was so impressed.
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Anytime there was an award show, it was a ritual where me and my mom would sit around and watch with my friends. We would make desserts and buy chips and popcorn and see what our favorite performances of the night were.
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Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity, and my flesh begins crawling with suspense.
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One of my concerns for my children is growing up with your parents having a lot of money.
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We do need different types of propulsion to get to Mars. I wrote one of the first Ph.D. theses on that in the 1960s.
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In income tax, there is no case for amnesty.
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When you have been just told that the girl you love is definitely betrothed to another, you begin to understand how Anarchists must feel when the bomb goes off too soon.
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Live in thy shame, but die not shame with thee!
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The lyrics are so important to me. And that there is something going on in the lyrics. That the song actually has something to say.
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For us, we make a song, and if we like it, it goes on a record.
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It's really fun to be on stage in front of people.
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However, there's no theme or concept behind Heathen, just a number of songs but somehow there is a thread that runs through it that is quite as strong as any of my thematic type albums.
