All art is unstable. Its meaning is not necessarily that implied by the author. There is no authoritative voice. There are only multiple readings.
DAVID BOWIEI hate albums that are really happy. When I am really happy, I don’t like to hear happy albums, and when I am really sad I don’t wanna hear happy albums… and I tend to gravitate towards the lonely and isolated anyway when I write.
More David Bowie Quotes
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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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The only art I’ll ever study is stuff I can steal from.
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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.
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I’m a born librarian with a sex drive.
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I’m not a prophet or a stone aged man, just a mortal with potential of a superman. I’m living on.
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Turn and face the strange.
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They people mistake fashion for style.
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Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth.
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In your fear, seek only peace. In your fear, seek only love.
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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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In my madness I see your face in mine.
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It was fun to be clever.
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Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there.
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I was always accused of being cold and unfeeling. It was because I was intimidated about touching people.
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You can’t stand still on one point for your entire life.
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