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 BOWIESecret thinker sometimes listening aloud.
More David Bowie Quotes
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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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I can ask for cigarettes in every language.
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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.
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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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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 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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I suspect that dreams are an integral part of existence, with far more use for us than we’ve made of them…The fine line between the dream state and reality is at times, for me, quite grey.
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There’s a terror in knowing what the world is about.
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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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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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People look to me to see what the spirit of the Seventies is.
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It’s only forever, Not long at all.
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I don’t make changes to confuse anyone. I’m just searching. That’s what causes me to change. I’m just searching for myself.
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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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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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