David Bowie Quotes
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Money goes to money heaven, body goes to body hell.
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Sits like a man, but smiles like a reptile.
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Once I've written something it does tend to run away from me. I don't seem to have any part of it - it's no longer my piece of writing.
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They're the salt of the earth, those girls. They don't sit each night and compare notes on groups, criticising lyrics, asking if it's valid. They just play the record... yeah, and maybe they dance. I love them. I love them dearly
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You would think that a rock star being married to a super-model would be one of the greatest things in the world. It is.
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But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work as his legacy. That's all that life allowed him.
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She asked for my love and I gave her a dangerous mind.
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I guess, - a greater number of the 26 or so albums that I've made are known in Europe than they are in America.
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I'm drawn between the light and dark.
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I was always accused of being cold and unfeeling. It was because I was intimidated about touching people.
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I'm bemused by the whole Robbie Williams aspect of British pop. Posh Spice? It all looks like cruise ship entertainment to me.
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There seem to be a lot of black artists making very good videos that I'm surprised aren't being used on MTV.
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There's something about the style of living in the country that they feel, "This is what represents me." So style is about the philosophy of how we create our civilization.
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I spent so much time in my bedroom. It really was my entire world. I had books up there, my music up there, my record player. Going from my world upstairs out onto the street, I had to pass through this no-man's-land of the living room, you know, and out the front hall.
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I woke up one day and realized I was a closet hetero
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Heathenism is a state of mind. You can take it that I'm referring to one who does not see his world. He has no mental light. He destroys almost unwittingly. He cannot feel any Gods presence in his life. He is the 21st century man.
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Strangely, some songs you really don't want to write.
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I haven't changed my views much since I was about 12, really, I've just got a 12-year-old mentality.When I was in school I had a brother who was into Kerouac and he gave me On The Road to read when I was 12 years old. That's still been a big influence.
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I think it all comes back to being very selfish as an artist. I mean, I really do just write and record what interests me and I do approach the stage shows in much the same way.
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I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative, whether Buddhist or Catholic.
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I believe that I often bring out the best in somebody's talents.
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I've come to the realisation that I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing half the time...
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I'm very at ease, and I like it. I never thought I would be such a family-oriented guy; I didn't think that was part of my makeup. But somebody said that as you get older you become the person you always should have been, and I feel that's happening to me. I'm rather surprised at who I am, because I'm actually like my dad!
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TV has eaten up everything else, and Warhol films are all that are left, which is fabulous. Pork could become the next I Love Lucy, the great American domestic comedy. It's about how people really live, not like Lucy, who never touched dishwater. It's about people living and hustling to survive.