David Bowie Quotes

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

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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, Instant

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, Here, Going, Promise

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

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

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

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, Human, Always, Something, More

Confront a corpse at least once. The absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging confrontation you will ever have. David Bowie

Life, You, Will, Absence, Disturbing

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

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

Glam really did plant seeds for a new identity. I think a lot of kids needed that - that sense of reinvention. Kids learned that however crazy you may think it is, there is a place for what you want to do and who you want to be. David Bowie

Identity, Crazy, Think, Plant, Place

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Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity. So it's like, just take advantage of these last few years because none of this is ever going to happen again. You'd better be prepared for doing a lot of touring because that's really the only unique situation that's going to be left. David Bowie

Music, Water, Better, Doing, Unique, You

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, Looking Back, Fun, Feel

What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do. David Bowie

Work, Make A Difference, Try, Difference

Art was, seriously, the only thing I'd ever wanted to own. It has always been for me a stable nourishment. I use it. It can change the way that I feel in the mornings. David Bowie

Change, Art, Me, Seriously, Feel, Own

I re-invented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman. David Bowie

Woman, Image, Denial, Overweight, Many

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

It is amazing how a new child can refocus one's direction seconds after its birth. David Bowie

Child, Amazing, Direction, Birth, New

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, Ghosts, Inside

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

Myself, Song, Wish, I Wish, Want, Colour

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, Potential, Living, Stone, Superman

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

Good, Restaurant, Fame, You, Seat, More

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, Questions, Humanity, You, Focused

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, Say, Way, Want, Always

I'm just an individual who doesn't feel that I need to have somebody qualify my work in any particular way. I'm working for me. David Bowie

Work, Me, Feel, Need, Way, Working

Strangely, some songs you really don't want to write. David Bowie

You, Want, Songs, Some, Write, Really

I'm looking for backing for an unauthorized auto-biography that I am writing. Hopefully, this will sell in such huge numbers that I will be able to sue myself for an extraordinary amount of money and finance the film version in which I will play everybody. David Bowie

Myself, Money, I Am, Finance, Writing

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