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 BOWIEI’m drawn between the light and dark.
More David Bowie Quotes
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People look to me to see what the spirit of the Seventies is.
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She asked for my love and I gave her a dangerous mind.
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Comfort comes into your house first as guest, then as a host, then finally as the master.
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You can neither win nor lose if you don’t run the race
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It makes me sad when I see artists who come alive when they go onstage, because, gee, I really come alive when I’m home.
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I’m not sure whether it is me changing my mind, or whether I lie a lot.
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There’s a thing that just as you go to sleep, if you keep your elbows elevated that you will never go below the dream stage. And I’ve used that quite a lot and it keeps me dreaming much longer than if I just relaxed.
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You should turn around at the end of the day and say I really like that piece of work, or that piece of work sucked. Not, was that popular or wasn’t it popular?
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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?
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I could never, ever talk to my father. I really loved him, but we couldn’t talk about anything together. There was this really British thing that being even remotely emotional was absolutely verboten.
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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.
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Some people are marching together and some on their own. Others are running, the smaller ones crawl. But some sit in silence.
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I think fame itself is not a rewarding thing. The most you can say is that it gets you a seat in restaurants.
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For me a chameleon is something that disguises itself to look as much like its environment as possible. I always thought I did exactly the opposite of that.
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I find it easier to write in these little vignettes; if I try to get any more heavy, I find myself out of my league.
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