David Bowie Quotes
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I never could get over the fact that The Pixies formed, worked and separated without America taking them to its heart or even recognizing their existence for the most part.
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There's a schizoid streak within the family anyway so I dare say that I'm affected by that. The majority of the people in my family have been in some kind of mental institution, as for my brother he doesn't want to leave. He likes it very much.
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I'll ruin everything you are, I'll give you television.
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The underground went really underground. Grand Funk, and all these people man are the moderate's choice of music. Underground is Yoko Ono, The Black Poets. These people scare the hell out of most freaks. They laugh at Yoko Ono, but it's the whole cliché.
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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.
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Questioning my spiritual life has always been germane to what I was writing. Always. It's because I'm not quite an atheist and it worries me. There's that little bit that holds on: 'Well, I'm almost an atheist. Give me a couple of months.'
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Wham, bam, thank you Ma'am.
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I liked rock music, I kind of moved into that sphere, somehow thinking that somewhere along the line I'd be able to put the two together. And I suppose I very nearly did with the Ziggy character.
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I think that we have created a new kind of person in a way. We have created a child who will be so exposed to the media that he will be lost to his parents by the time he is 12.
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Rebel, rebel, you've torn your dress. Rebel, rebel, your face is a mess. Rebel, rebel, how could they know? Hot tramp, I love you so.
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Frankly, I mean, sometimes the interpretations I've seen on some of the songs that I've written are a lot more interesting than the input that I put in.
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Nature Boy There was a boy A very strange enchanted boy They say he wandered very far, very far Over land and sea A little shy And sad of eye But very wise Was he And then one day A magic day he passed my way And while we spoke of many things, fools and kings This he said to me “The greatest thing You’ll ever learn Is just to love And be loved In return
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If it works, it's out of date.
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Elvis is English, and climbs the hills. Can't tell the bullshit from the lies.
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As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And what do I do with the time I've got left?
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I'm English. I can't accept happiness that easily. There's got to be a trick in there somewhere.
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Church on time, makes me party.
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But I'm pretty good with collaborative thinking. I work well with other people.
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Fame, what you like is in the Limo. Fame, what you get is no tomorrow.
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I don't mind trying it out and making sure something seems to work well.
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Nothing prepared me for your smile
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We could steal time, just for one day We can be Heroes, for ever and ever What d'you say?
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Hitler was the first superstar.
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I'm not actually a very keen performer. I like putting shows together. I like putting events together.