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I'll tell you who I absolutely adore: Ian McEwan.

~David Bowie

Topics: Absolutely Adore Tell Who You

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If I had a talent, it was for looking askew at everything, possibly more than my contemporaries. But I had to really push myself to be a writer.

~David Bowie

Topics: Contemporaries Everything Had Looking More Myself Possibly Push Really Talent Than Writer

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I don't crave applause. I'm not one of those guys who comes alive on stage. I'm much more alive at home, I think.

~David Bowie

Topics: Alive Applause Crave Guys Home More Much Stage Think Those Who I Think

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Being a hybrid maker off and on over the years, I'm very comfortable with the idea and have been the subject of quite a few pretty good mash-ups myself.

~David Bowie

Topics: Been Being Comfortable Few Good Hybrid Idea Maker Myself Off Over Pretty Pretty Good Quite Subject Very Years

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Everything I read about hitting a midlife crisis was true. I had such a struggle letting go of youthful things and learning how to exist and have enthusiasm while settling into the comfort of an older age.

~David Bowie

Topics: About Age Comfort Crisis Enthusiasm Everything Exist Go Had Hitting How Learning Letting Letting Go Older Read Settling Struggle Things True While Youthful

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Dance music is no longer a simple Donna Summer beat. It's become a whole language that I find fascinating and exciting. Eventually, it will lose the dance tag and join the fore of rock.

~David Bowie

Topics: Beat Become Dance Dance Music Eventually Exciting Fascinating Find Fore Join Language Longer Lose Music Rock Simple Summer Tag Whole Will

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I cannot with any real integrity perform songs I've done for 25 years. I don't need the money. What I need is to feel that I am not letting myself down as an artist and that I still have something to contribute.

~David Bowie

Topics: Am Any Artist Cannot Contribute Done Down Feel Integrity Letting Money Myself Need Perform Real Something Songs Still Years I Am

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I've started doing book reviews for Barnes & Noble! They saw that I did a lot of book reviews on the site, and they figured that it might not be a bad thing if they got me to do some for them as well. I gave them five categories I'd be interested in reviewing, from art to fiction to music.

~David Bowie

Topics: Art Bad Bad Thing Book Categories Did Doing Fiction Figured Five Gave Got Interested Lot Me Might Music Noble Reviewing Reviews Saw Site Some Started Them Thing Well

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The truest form of any form of revolutionary Left, whatever you want to call it, was Jack Kerouac, E.E. Cummings, & Ginsberg's period. Excuse me, but that's where it was at.

~David Bowie

Topics: Any Call Excuse Form Jack Left Me Period Revolutionary Truest Want Whatever Where You

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I was very into making the Big Artistic Statement - it had to be innovative; it had to be cutting edge. I was desperately keen on being original.

~David Bowie

Topics: Artistic Being Big Cutting Cutting Edge Desperately Edge Had Innovative Keen Making Original Statement Very

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Musician

Born: January 8th, 1947

Died: January 10th, 2016

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