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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

Topics: Access Age Certain Certain Age Coverage Forbidden Get Going Kind Like Magazines Mouth Music Played Radio Survive Television To Survive Word Would You

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These are all personal crises, I'm sure, that I manifest in a song format and project into physical situations. You make little stories up about how you feel. It's as simple as that.

~David Bowie

Topics: About Crises Feel Format How Little Make Manifest Personal Physical Project Simple Situations Song Stories Sure Up You

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When I was 18, I thought that, to be a romantic, you couldn't live past 30.

~David Bowie

Topics: Live Past Romantic Thought You

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I would dream. I focused all my attention on going to America. The subculture, James Dean, the rock n' roll, the beat writers.

~David Bowie

Topics: America Attention Beat Dean Dream Focused Going James James Dean Rock Rock N Roll Roll Subculture Would Writers

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The Americans at heart are a pure and noble people; things to them are in black and white. It's either 'rawk' or it's not. We Brits putter around in the grey area.

~David Bowie

Topics: American Area Around Black Black And White Brits Either Grey Heart Noble People Pure Them Things White

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But I'm pretty good with collaborative thinking. I work well with other people.

~David Bowie

Topics: Collaborative Good Other People Pretty Pretty Good Thinking Well Work

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Frankly, I mean, sometimes the interpretations I've seen on some of the songs that I've written are a lot more interesting than the input that I put in.

~David Bowie

Topics: Frankly Input Interesting Interpretations Lot Mean More Put Seen Some Sometimes Songs Than Written

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Heathenism is a state of mind. You can take it that I'm referring to one who does not see his world. He has no mental light. He destroys almost unwittingly. He cannot feel any Gods presence in his life. He is the 21st century man.

~David Bowie

Topics: Almost Any Cannot Century Destroys Does Feel Gods He His Life Light Man Mental Mind Presence Referring See State Take Who World You 21St Century

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However, there's no theme or concept behind Heathen, just a number of songs but somehow there is a thread that runs through it that is quite as strong as any of my thematic type albums.

~David Bowie

Topics: Albums Any Behind Concept Heathen However Just Number Quite Runs Somehow Songs Strong Theme Thread Through Type

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I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within the visual arts in some way. I started painting quite passionately at that time.

~David Bowie

Topics: Arts Back Felt Just Music Off Painting Passionately Quite Really Some Started Time Visual Visual Arts Wanted Way Within Work

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Musician

Born: January 8th, 1947

Died: January 10th, 2016

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