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 BOWIEI 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.
More David Bowie Quotes
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I’ll place my love beneath the stars.
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I think the only music I didn’t listen to was country and western, and that holds to this day.
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I met my wife because we were both going out with the same guy.
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You can’t stand still on one point for your entire life.
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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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Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth.
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I’ve been putting out the fire with gasoline.
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Heathenism is a state of mind. You can take it that I’m referring to one who does not see his world. He has no mental light. He destroys almost unwittingly. He cannot feel any Gods presence in his life. He is the 21st century man.
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And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds are immune to your consultations. They’re quite aware of what they’re going through.
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Speak in extremes, it’ll save you time.
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I’m a born librarian with a sex drive.
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Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.
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Once you lose that sense of wonder at being alive, you’re pretty much on the way out.
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If you come from art, you’ll always be art.
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It’s a compulsive need to wreck everything. You might notice there’s a pattern of stripping down and building back up again throughout my life. But I guess that’s how some of us conduct our lives.
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