Quotes by David Bowie

About David Bowie:

David Bowie is an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, arranger, painter, and actor. Bowie has been an influential figure in popular music for over four decades, and is renowned as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. He is known for his distinctive baritone voice as well as the eclecticism and intellectual ambition of his work. His androgynous appearance was an iconic element of his image, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s.
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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.

David Bowie

I wish myself to be a prop, if anything, for my songs. I want to be the vehicle for my songs. I would like to colour the material with as much visual expression as is necessary for that song.

David Bowie

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.

David Bowie

When I heard Little Richard, I mean, it just set my world on fire.

David Bowie

Radio in England is nonexistent. It's very bad English use of a media system, typically English use.

David Bowie

I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human. I felt very puny as a human. I thought, "Fuck that. I want to be a superhuman.

David Bowie

Everywhere I looked, demons of the future [were] on the battlegrounds of one’s emotional plane.

David Bowie

I'm an instant star, just add water.

David Bowie

Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming

David Bowie

And you, You can be mean And I, I'll drink all the time 'Cause we're lovers, And that is a fact Yes we're lovers, And that is that

David Bowie

I can ask for cigarettes in every language

David Bowie

Once you lose that sense of wonder at being alive, you're pretty much on the way out...

David Bowie

... And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds are immune to your consultations. They're quite aware of what they're going through...

David Bowie

People are so fucking dumb. Nobody reads anymore, nobody goes out and looks and explores the society and culture they were brought up in. People have attention spans of five seconds and as much depth as a glass of water.

David Bowie

I have someone who loves me for me. Seriously, it REALLY helps!' Bowie on marrying Iman

David Bowie

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.

David Bowie

Cause I'd rather stay here With all the madmen Than perish with the sadmen roaming free And I'd rather play here With all the madmen For I'm quite content they're all as sane As me

David Bowie

My bother was one of the bigger influences in my life, in as much as he told me I didn't have to read the choice of books that I as recommended at school, and that I could go out to the library and go and choose my own, and sort of introduced me to a...

David Bowie

Time He flexes like a whore Falls wanking to the floor His trick is you and me, boy

David Bowie

The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.

David Bowie

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?

David Bowie

Author Bio

  • NameDavid Bowie
  • DescriptionEnglish musician, actor, record producer and arranger
  • AliasesDavid Robert Jones; Ziggy Stardust
  • BornJanuary 8, 1947
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor; Singer; Painter; Singer-songwriter; Guitarist; Saxophonist; Composer
  • WorksAll The Young Dudes
  • AwardsRock And Roll Hall Of Fame; Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award; Webby Lifetime Achievement Award