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I'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.

I'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.

Approximate author period: c. 1964 AD · modern

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David Bowie
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1964 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for David Bowie: documented activity in 1964. Wikidata Q5383, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5383 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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