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David Bowie Quotes

I suppose for me as an artist it wasn’t always just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than anything else, to contribute in some way to the culture that I was living in. It just seemed like a challenge to move it a little bit towards the way I thought it might be interesting to go Picture Quote #1

I’m well past the age where I’m acceptable. You get to a certain age and you are forbidden access. You’re not going to get the kind of coverage that you would like in music magazines, you’re not going to get played on radio and you’re not going to get played on television. I have to survive on word of mouth Picture Quote #1

I’ve made over 25 studio albums, and I think probably I’ve made two real stinkers in my time, and some not-bad albums, and some really good albums. I’m proud of what I’ve done. In fact it’s been a good ride Picture Quote #1

The absolute transformation of everything that we ever thought about music will take place within 10 years, and nothing is going to be able to stop it. I see absolutely no point in pretending that it’s not going to happen. I’m fully confident that copyright, for instance, will no longer exist in 10 years Picture Quote #1

There’s a good television programme called ‘Disco 2.’ It’s quite good but again it’s average, average. It’s all on a down play. You know we’ve got this thing in England to be hip is to speak very down - like John Peel. And that just about sums up England. They don’t realize when they talk like that, then that is what they represent - absolutely Picture Quote #1

What I do is I write mainly about very personal and rather lonely feelings, and I explore them in a different way each time. You know, what I do is not terribly intellectual. I’m a pop singer for Christ’s sake. As a person, I’m fairly uncomplicated Picture Quote #1

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My joke is a picture of David Bowie on his balcony in the 70s in a suit in Paris, and unless that’s you, I’m not interested. There are very few aesthetic types that I have, and people who look like that are not always necessarily good for me Picture Quote #1

If you walked around like David Bowie in 1973 in Reading, you’d get beaten up. The 1970s in a small town was more like the 1950s.. and that’s the truth. The backdrop was probably Victorian Picture Quote #1

I’m not someone who can sing anything. And my favorite singers aren’t people whose voice you would say is amazing. I’m a big Bob Dylan fan, a huge David Bowie fan. None of those people have orthodox, cabaret voices. These are people where what they’re singing about is just as important as how they’re singing it Picture Quote #1

As a kid, I would’ve loved to get a tweet from David Bowie or Joan Rivers or Tom Cruise. It’s great that you can communicate with people and it’s instant Picture Quote #1

I went to a middle-class school, but my background is working class. I got the best of both worlds, I saw both classes, so I have a pretty fair idea of how people live and why they do it Picture Quote #1

A song has to take on character, shape, body and influence people to an extent that they use it for their own devices. It must affect them not just as a song, but as a lifestyle. The rock stars have assimilated all kinds of philosophies, styles, histories, writings, and they throw out what they have gleaned from that Picture Quote #1

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Lou Reed is the most important definitive writer in modern rock. Not because of the stuff that he does, but the direction that he will take it Picture Quote #1

I want people to hear musicians like Joe Cuba. He has done things to whole masses of Puerto Rican people. The music is fantastic and important Picture Quote #1

One of my biggest heroes and people I was fortunate enough to be around is David Bowie. I look at his career, and he always had the balls to break things that weren’t broken, to step away from something and try something new, at risk of failing Picture Quote #1

To women, drummers seem like these adorable, sexy Neanderthals, and lead singers seem mysterious and dangerous. So while the lead singers all want to be David Bowie, floating into parties and being the center of attention, it’s the drummers who are in the corner doing keg stands and breaking tables. Usually it’s the drummers who get the fun-loving ladies and the singers who get the nutcases Picture Quote #1

As a teenager I was crazy about David Bowie. He was a huge inspiration for me. I dressed a little bit crazily in school and dyed my hair every colour under the sun Picture Quote #1

I think people are just creative, and this can be expressed in a number of ways. Bob Dylan and David Bowie create both music and art Picture Quote #1

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One month I’ll be completely obsessed with Bob Dylan and the next Arcade Fire. I like early Elton John and David Bowie, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. I listen to a lot of American bands. But I like listening to new bands, too Picture Quote #1

I was a kid at the end of the 1960s and in the early 1970s, so a lot of things changed. You had pop music coming up, with David Bowie, you had new television programmes and all these things. I was fascinated Picture Quote #1

Some references are more important than others. Like the metal stuff. Some people like Motley Crue and some people didn’t listen to them at all. So that’s why there’s New Order and The New Replacements and David Bowie and Public Enemy Picture Quote #1

If you look at the history of popular music, the most successful musicians have started out being really marginal and esoteric. The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Madonna. Prince. Bruce Springsteen. Fleetwood Mac. David Bowie. Public Enemy. Nirvana Picture Quote #1

It always felt like you were trying too hard to look like the audience or something. That whole thing about the artistic integrity, which, of course, I’ve never bought into - with any artist. It’s just not a real thing Picture Quote #1

Having not really written any generational songs - I think maybe two or three of the songs that I’ve ever written have any bearing on the age of the listener. My stuff tends to be far more concerned with the spiritual and with subjects like isolation and being miserable Picture Quote #1

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I had a radio show at the local college and I got kicked off the air and banished forever for playing music from the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Alice Cooper, and David Bowie because (quote-unquote) They were gay. So, things have changed quite a bit Picture Quote #1

It is amazing how a new child can refocus one’s direction seconds after its birth. Everything falls into a feeling of ‘rightness’ Picture Quote #1

David Bowie is kind of the pioneer of glam rock. Not just for music, but just his overall, how he incorporates fashion and other arts into music. And he does a really amazing job about being fearless and that kind of stuff Picture Quote #1

You can begin really looking for a relationship . . . when you can (appreciate) the whole concept of giving to someone, not just taking Picture Quote #1

Rather than really have, like a close relationship to anything that’s coming out today, people are just, they’ve got it on as background music. It’s kind of the same way the cabdrivers use music; it’s very disposable Picture Quote #1

People got extremely comfortable with being able to turn on their television and see MTV say, This guy’s hot you should buy this record Picture Quote #1

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I suppose for me as an artist it wasn’t always just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than anything else, to contribute in some way to the culture that I was living in. It just seemed like a challenge to move it a little bit towards the way I thought it might be interesting to go (David Bowie Quotes) I’m well past the age where I’m acceptable. You get to a certain age and you are forbidden access. You’re not going to get the kind of coverage that you would like in music magazines, you’re not going to get played on radio and you’re not going to get played on television. I have to survive on word of mouth (David Bowie Quotes) I’ve made over 25 studio albums, and I think probably I’ve made two real stinkers in my time, and some not-bad albums, and some really good albums. I’m proud of what I’ve done. In fact it’s been a good ride (David Bowie Quotes) The absolute transformation of everything that we ever thought about music will take place within 10 years, and nothing is going to be able to stop it. I see absolutely no point in pretending that it’s not going to happen. I’m fully confident that copyright, for instance, will no longer exist in 10 years (David Bowie Quotes) There’s a good television programme called ‘Disco 2.’ It’s quite good but again it’s average, average. It’s all on a down play. You know we’ve got this thing in England to be hip is to speak very down - like John Peel. And that just about sums up England. They don’t realize when they talk like that, then that is what they represent - absolutely (David Bowie Quotes) What I do is I write mainly about very personal and rather lonely feelings, and I explore them in a different way each time. You know, what I do is not terribly intellectual. I’m a pop singer for Christ’s sake. As a person, I’m fairly uncomplicated (David Bowie Quotes) My joke is a picture of David Bowie on his balcony in the 70s in a suit in Paris, and unless that’s you, I’m not interested. There are very few aesthetic types that I have, and people who look like that are not always necessarily good for me (David Bowie Quotes) If you walked around like David Bowie in 1973 in Reading, you’d get beaten up. The 1970s in a small town was more like the 1950s.. and that’s the truth. The backdrop was probably Victorian (David Bowie Quotes) I’m not someone who can sing anything. And my favorite singers aren’t people whose voice you would say is amazing. I’m a big Bob Dylan fan, a huge David Bowie fan. None of those people have orthodox, cabaret voices. These are people where what they’re singing about is just as important as how they’re singing it (David Bowie Quotes) As a kid, I would’ve loved to get a tweet from David Bowie or Joan Rivers or Tom Cruise. It’s great that you can communicate with people and it’s instant (David Bowie Quotes) I went to a middle-class school, but my background is working class. I got the best of both worlds, I saw both classes, so I have a pretty fair idea of how people live and why they do it (David Bowie Quotes) A song has to take on character, shape, body and influence people to an extent that they use it for their own devices. It must affect them not just as a song, but as a lifestyle. The rock stars have assimilated all kinds of philosophies, styles, histories, writings, and they throw out what they have gleaned from that (David Bowie Quotes) Lou Reed is the most important definitive writer in modern rock. Not because of the stuff that he does, but the direction that he will take it (David Bowie Quotes) I want people to hear musicians like Joe Cuba. He has done things to whole masses of Puerto Rican people. The music is fantastic and important (David Bowie Quotes) One of my biggest heroes and people I was fortunate enough to be around is David Bowie. I look at his career, and he always had the balls to break things that weren’t broken, to step away from something and try something new, at risk of failing (David Bowie Quotes) To women, drummers seem like these adorable, sexy Neanderthals, and lead singers seem mysterious and dangerous. So while the lead singers all want to be David Bowie, floating into parties and being the center of attention, it’s the drummers who are in the corner doing keg stands and breaking tables. Usually it’s the drummers who get the fun-loving ladies and the singers who get the nutcases (David Bowie Quotes) As a teenager I was crazy about David Bowie. He was a huge inspiration for me. I dressed a little bit crazily in school and dyed my hair every colour under the sun (David Bowie Quotes) I think people are just creative, and this can be expressed in a number of ways. Bob Dylan and David Bowie create both music and art (David Bowie Quotes) One month I’ll be completely obsessed with Bob Dylan and the next Arcade Fire. I like early Elton John and David Bowie, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. I listen to a lot of American bands. But I like listening to new bands, too (David Bowie Quotes) I was a kid at the end of the 1960s and in the early 1970s, so a lot of things changed. You had pop music coming up, with David Bowie, you had new television programmes and all these things. I was fascinated (David Bowie Quotes) Some references are more important than others. Like the metal stuff. Some people like Motley Crue and some people didn’t listen to them at all. So that’s why there’s New Order and The New Replacements and David Bowie and Public Enemy (David Bowie Quotes) If you look at the history of popular music, the most successful musicians have started out being really marginal and esoteric. The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Madonna. Prince. Bruce Springsteen. Fleetwood Mac. David Bowie. Public Enemy. Nirvana (David Bowie Quotes) It always felt like you were trying too hard to look like the audience or something. That whole thing about the artistic integrity, which, of course, I’ve never bought into - with any artist. It’s just not a real thing (David Bowie Quotes) Having not really written any generational songs - I think maybe two or three of the songs that I’ve ever written have any bearing on the age of the listener. My stuff tends to be far more concerned with the spiritual and with subjects like isolation and being miserable (David Bowie Quotes) I had a radio show at the local college and I got kicked off the air and banished forever for playing music from the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Alice Cooper, and David Bowie because (quote-unquote) They were gay. So, things have changed quite a bit. (David Bowie Quotes) It is amazing how a new child can refocus one’s direction seconds after its birth. Everything falls into a feeling of ‘rightness’. (David Bowie Quotes) David Bowie is kind of the pioneer of glam rock. Not just for music, but just his overall, how he incorporates fashion and other arts into music. And he does a really amazing job about being fearless and that kind of stuff. (David Bowie Quotes) You can begin really looking for a relationship . . . when you can (appreciate) the whole concept of giving to someone, not just taking. (David Bowie Quotes) Rather than really have, like a close relationship to anything that’s coming out today, people are just, they’ve got it on as background music. It’s kind of the same way the cabdrivers use music; it’s very disposable. (David Bowie Quotes) People got extremely comfortable with being able to turn on their television and see MTV say, This guy’s hot you should buy this record. (David Bowie Quotes)

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