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
Frankly, if I could get away with not having to perform, I'd be very happy. It's not my favorite thing to do. David Bowie favoritefranklyhappy Change image and 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
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
When I heard Little Richard, I mean, it just set my world on fire. David Bowie firehearrichard Change image and share on social
Pixies and Sonic Youth were so important to the eighties. David Bowie eightyimportantpixie 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
Questioning my spiritual life has always been germane to what I was writing. Always. It's because I'm not quite an atheist and it worries me. There's that little bit that holds on: 'Well, I'm almost an atheist. Give me a couple of months.' David Bowie atheistbitecouple share on social