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David Bowie Quotes

Total quotes: 13
“Trust nothing but your own experience.”
— David Bowie, David Bowie: 'You're Never Who You Think You Are'
Tagged: Trust, Experience, Self-motivation
“I had this poetic, romantic juvenile idea that I’d be dead by 30. And then suddenly you’re 40. And then 50. Then 57.”
— David Bowie, David Bowie: The Last Five Years
Tagged: Poetic, Romantic, Juvenile, Aging
“I would love to feel that what I did actually changed the fabric of music.”
— David Bowie, David Bowie: The Last Five Years
Tagged: Music, Innovation
“I wouldn’t dream of getting on a spaceship, It’d scare the shit out of me….I’m scared going down the end of the garden.”
— David Bowie, David Bowie: The Last Five Years
Tagged: Outer Space, Space Travel, Fear
“I found I didn’t get so shy if I sort of adopted a character. So it was a convenience, as well as a very bright theatrical idea.”
— David Bowie, David Bowie: The Last Five Years
Tagged: shyness, Stage Fright, Theatrical, Ziggy Stardust
“I have a certain niche that I work in. A lot of it has to be about alienation. Being on the outside of things. That tends to be where I feel more comfortable as a writer.”
— David Bowie, David Bowie: The Last Five Years
Tagged: Niche, Writing, Alienation
“I'm not a Dylan….I’m not somebody who can stoically write a clear picture of what's happening. But I can leave a very strong impression of how I feel about it.”
— David Bowie, David Bowie: The Last Five Years
Tagged: Bob Dylan, Realism, Impressionism
“I’m much more interested in the process of life; the celebrity side of it, I couldn’t give a sausage.”
— David Bowie, David Bowie: The Last Five Years
Tagged: celebrity, Life, Sausage, Privacy
“Fame is a very luxuriant mental hospital.”
— David Bowie, David Bowie: The Last Five Years
Tagged: Fame, Luxury, Mental Hospital, Prison
“I’d love people to believe that I really had great haircuts.”
— David Bowie, David Bowie: The Last Five Years
Tagged: Fashion, Haircuts
“I’ve got drama, can’t be stolen.”
— David Bowie, Lazarus
Tagged: Opening Lyrics, Best Opening Lyrics In Songs, Song Opener, songopener, Best Opening Lyrics
“What a disappointing 21st century this has been so far.”
— David Bowie, David Bowie: The Last Five Years
Tagged: Disappointment, 2000, Expectations, 21st Century
“I think it’s terribly dangerous for an artist to fulfill other people’s expectations. If you feel safe in the area that you’re working in, you’re not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in. Go a little bit out of your depth. And when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting.”
— David Bowie, David Bowie: The Last Five Years
Tagged: Experimentation, Risk, Metaphor, Artists, Playing It Safe, Making Art, risks
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