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 americanareablack Change image and share on social
The humanists' replacement for religion: work really hard and somehow you'll either save yourself or you'll be immortal. Of course, that's a total joke, and our progress is nothing. There may be progress in technology but there's no ethical progress whatsoever. David Bowie ethicalhardhumanist share on social
I don't have a problem with ageing - in fact, I embrace that aspect of it. And am able to and obviously am going to be able to quite easily... it doesn't faze me at all. David Bowie ageaspecteasily Change image and share on social
It would be my guess that Madonna is not a very happy woman. From my own experience, having gone through persona changes like that, that kind of clawing need to be the center of attention is not a pleasant place to be. David Bowie attentioncenterclaw share on social
I'll tell you who I absolutely adore: Ian McEwan. David Bowie absolutelyadoreian Change image and share on social
There's an effort to reclaim the unmentionable, the unsayable, the unspeakable, all those things come into being a composer, into writing music, into searching for notes and pieces of musical information that don't exist. David Bowie composereffortexist share on social
But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work as his legacy. That's all that life allowed him. David Bowie albumallowguy Change image and share on social
Strangely, some songs you really don't want to write. David Bowie songstrangelywrite Change image and share on social
What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do. David Bowie differencemakework Change image and share on social
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 askewcontemporarypossibly Change image and share on social
