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When I heard Little Richard, I mean, it just set my world on fire.

~David Bowie

Topics: Fire Heard Just Little Mean Richard Set World

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Since the departure of good old-fashioned entertainers the re-emergence of somebody who wants to be an entertainer has unfortunately become a synonym for camp. I don't think I'm camper than any other person who felt at home on stage, and felt more at home on stage than he did offstage.

~David Bowie

Topics: Any Become Camp Camper Departure Did Entertainer Entertainers Felt Good He Home More Old-Fashioned Other Person Since Somebody Stage Synonym Than Think Unfortunately Wants Who

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I'm responsible for starting a whole new school of pretension.

~David Bowie

Topics: New Pretension Responsible School Starting Whole

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I never really felt like a rock singer or a rock star or whatever.

~David Bowie

Topics: Felt Like Never Really Rock Rock Star Singer Star Whatever

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Anxiety and spiritual searching have been consistent themes with me, and that figures into my worldview. But I tend to make my songs sound like relationship songs.

~David Bowie

Topics: Anxiety Been Consistent Figures Like Make Me Relationship Searching Songs Sound Spiritual Tend Themes Worldview

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I guess it's flattering that everyone believed I was those characters, but it also is dehumanizing.

~David Bowie

Topics: Also Believed Characters Everyone Flattering Guess Those

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GYBE are among my, erm, two favourite Montreal bands, Arcade Fire being the other.

~David Bowie

Topics: Among Arcade Bands Being Favourite Fire Montreal Other Two

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I don't profess to have music as my big wheel and there are a number of other things as important to me apart from music. Theatre and mime, for instance.

~David Bowie

Topics: Apart Big Important Instance Me Mime Music Number Other Profess Theatre Things Wheel

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What I do is I write mainly about very personal and rather lonely feelings, and I explore them in a different way each time. You know, what I do is not terribly intellectual. I'm a pop singer for Christ's sake. As a person, I'm fairly uncomplicated.

~David Bowie

Topics: About Christ Different Different Way Each Each Time Explore Fairly Feelings Intellectual Know Lonely Mainly Person Personal Pop Rather Sake Singer Terribly Them Time Very Way Write You I Write

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I don't have stylistic loyalty. That's why people perceive me changing all the time. But there is a real continuity in my subject matter. As an artist of artifice, I do believe I have more integrity than any one of my contemporaries.

~David Bowie

Topics: Any Artifice Artist Believe Changing Contemporaries Continuity Integrity Loyalty Matter Me More People Perceive Real Stylistic Subject Subject Matter Than Time Why

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Musician

Born: January 8th, 1947

Died: January 10th, 2016

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