01Undated... And these childrenthat you spit onas they try to change their worldsare immune to your consultations.They're quite awareof what they're going through...David Bowie / quote ↗
03UndatedWhat is the quality you most like in a man? The ability to return books.David Bowie / quote ↗
04UndatedPeople are so fucking dumb. Nobody reads anymore, nobody goes out and looks and explores the society and culture they were brought up in. People have attention spans of five seconds and as much depth as a glass of water.David Bowie / quote ↗
05UndatedWritten in pain, written in aweBy a puzzled man who questionedWhat we were here forDavid Bowie / quote ↗
06UndatedI think I saw you in an ice-cream parlourdrinking milk shakes cold and longSmiling and waving and looking so finedon't think you knew you were in this songDavid Bowie / quote ↗
08UndatedEverywhere I looked, demons of the future [were] on the battlegrounds of one’s emotional plane.David Bowie / quote ↗
09UndatedOnce you lose that sense of wonder at being alive, you're pretty much on the way out...David Bowie / quote ↗
11UndatedI always had a repulsive need to be something more than human. I felt very puny as a human. I thought, 'Fuck that. I want to be a superhuman.David Bowie / quote ↗
12UndatedDavid Thomas: What do you think is the worst crime that could possibly be committed? What is the crime that offends you most?David Bowie: Seeing a man humble himself in his capacity as a worker to somebody else, and having to have that accepted as a given situation.David Bowie / quote ↗
13UndatedCause I'd rather stay hereWith all the madmenThan perish with the sadmen roaming freeAnd I'd rather play hereWith all the madmenFor I'm quite content they're all as saneAs meDavid Bowie / quote ↗
14UndatedSometimes I don't feel as if I'm a person at all. I'm just a collection of other people's ideas.David Bowie / quote ↗
15UndatedIf I could control tomorrow's haze,The darkened shore wouldn't bother me,If I can't control the web we weave,My life will be lost in the fallen leaves...David Bowie / quote ↗
16UndatedAnd you,You can be meanAnd I,I'll drink all the time'Cause we're lovers,And that is a factYes we're lovers,And that is thatDavid Bowie / quote ↗
17UndatedI do value the respect I get from my contemporaries, but to have Oasis cover my song, to have Puff Daddy cover a song, to have Goldie come along to my gigs - that's where my ego is at. To have my fellow musicians like what I do, that's very cool.David Bowie / quote ↗
19UndatedAll my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger when I get very selfish about it.David Bowie / quote ↗
22UndatedOn 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 Bowie / quote ↗
23UndatedI had to resign myself, many years ago, that I'm not too articulate when it comes to explaining how I feel about things. But my music does it for me, it really does.David Bowie / quote ↗
24UndatedI'm well past the age where I'm acceptable. You get to a certain age and you are forbidden access. You're not going to get the kind of coverage that you would like in music magazines, you're not going to get played on radio and you're not going to get played on television. I have to survive on word of mouth.David Bowie / quote ↗
