David Bowie Quotes

English - Musician January 8, 1947 - January 10, 2016

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I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring. - David Bowie

I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring. David Bowie

Know, Boring, Promise, Here, Where

I find only freedom in the realms of eccentricity. - David Bowie

I find only freedom in the realms of eccentricity. David Bowie

Freedom, Find, Only, Eccentricity

Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming. - David Bowie

Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming. David Bowie

Tomorrow, Coming, Hear, Who, Those

I'm not a prophet or a stone aged man, just a mortal with potential of a superman. I'm living on. David Bowie

Man, Superman, Potential, Stone, Living

I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir. - David Bowie

I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir. David Bowie

Water, Famous, Star, Just, Add, Stir

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

Journey, Truth, Time, Truth Is, Same

As an adolescent, I was painfully shy, withdrawn. I didn't really have the nerve to sing my songs on stage, and nobody else was doing them. I decided to do them in disguise so that I didn't have to actually go through the humiliation of going on stage and being myself. David Bowie

Myself, Being Myself, Doing, Nobody, Shy

All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our maker. David Bowie

Art, You, Questions, Humanity, Focused

I change my mind a lot. I usually don't agree with what I say very much. I'm an awful liar. David Bowie

Change, Mind, Liar, Say, Agree, Very

Since the departure of good old-fashioned entertainers the re-emergence of somebody who wants to be an entertainer has unfortunately become a synonym for camp. I don't think I'm camper than any other person who felt at home on stage, and felt more at home on stage than he did offstage. David Bowie

Good, Home, Think, Person, Become, Stage

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I feel confident imposing change on myself. It's a lot more fun progressing than looking back. That's why I need to throw curve balls. David Bowie

Change, Myself, Fun, Looking, Confident

I'm not one of those guys that has a great worldview. I kind of deal with terror and fear and isolation and abandonment. David Bowie

Fear, Great, Isolation, Kind, Worldview

There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It's always been my way of expressing what, for me, is inexpressible by any other means. David Bowie

Words, Me, Want, Say, Way, Always

What I have is a malevolent curiosity. That's what drives my need to write and what probably leads me to look at things a little askew. I do tend to take a different perspective from most people. David Bowie

Perspective, Curiosity, People, Me, Look

Fame itself... doesn't really afford you anything more than a good seat in a restaurant. David Bowie

Good, Restaurant, You, Fame, Anything

On the other hand, what I like my music to do to me is awaken the ghosts inside of me. Not the demons, you understand, but the ghosts. David Bowie

Music, Me, Demons, You, Understand, Hand

It amazes me sometimes that even intelligent people will analyze a situation or make a judgement after only recognizing the standard or traditional structure of a piece. David Bowie

People, Me, Situation, Sometimes, Will

For me, the world that I inhabit in reality is probably a very different world than the one people expect that I would be in. David Bowie

People, Me, World, Reality, Different

All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger when I get very selfish about it. David Bowie

Work, Mistakes, Selfish, Stronger, Try

Sometimes you stumble across a few chords that put you in a reflective place. - David Bowie

Sometimes you stumble across a few chords that put you in a reflective place. David Bowie

You, Place, Sometimes, Stumble, Few, Put

You would think that a rock star being married to a supermodel would be one of the greatest things in the world. It is. David Bowie

World, Think, You, Rock Star, Rock, Star

I had to resign myself, many years ago, that I'm not too articulate when it comes to explaining how I feel about things. But my music does it for me, it really does. David Bowie

Music, Myself, Me, Feel, Things, Years

I've started doing book reviews for Barnes & Noble! They saw that I did a lot of book reviews on the site, and they figured that it might not be a bad thing if they got me to do some for them as well. I gave them five categories I'd be interested in reviewing, from art to fiction to music. David Bowie

Music, Art, Me, Book, Doing, Bad

I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human. - David Bowie

I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human. David Bowie

Need, More, Always, Human, Something

I don't see any boundaries between any of the art forms. I think they all inter-relate completely. David Bowie

Art, Think, Boundaries, See, Between

I've never responded well to entrenched negative thinking. David Bowie

Thinking, Negative, Never, Well

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