I have found myself deeply, deeply intrigued by the ska-punk scene. It’s such an expressive form of popular music, it’s so real, it’s got so much life: it’s the most vital music in the world.
DAVID BOWIEThe only art I’ll ever study is stuff I can steal from.
More David Bowie Quotes
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Trust nothing but your own experience.
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The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.
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Speak in extremes, it’ll save you time.
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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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In my madness I see your face in mine.
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There’s a terror in knowing what the world is about.
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Don’t you love the Oxford Dictionary? When I first read it, I thought it was a really really long poem about everything.
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Rock has always been the devil’s music… I believe that rock & roll is dangerous… I feel that we’re only heralding something even darker than ourselves.
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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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It’s only forever, Not long at all.
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I’m always amazed that people take what I say seriously. I don’t even take what I am seriously.
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The only art I’ll ever study is stuff I can steal from.
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You can begin really looking for a relationship . . . when you can (appreciate) the whole concept of giving to someone, not just taking.
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Look up here, I’m in heaven.
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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 was studying Tibetan Buddhism when I was quite young, again influenced by Kerouac.
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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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I 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.
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Secret thinker sometimes listening aloud.
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The media is either our salvation or our death.
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Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.
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Turn and face the strange.
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You can’t stand still on one point for your entire life.
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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 don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.
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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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