David Bowie

Rock Singer Songwriter British 1947 – 2016

Chameleonic artist whose reinventions influenced multiple generations of musicians.

365 quotes

"The only real reason to do anything is the art."
Art
"I have to admit it's getting better, it's getting faster, it's getting shorter."
Time
"The Jean Genie put his hands on my knee."
Music
"Golden Years are ahead of us."
Hope
"I'm frightened of dying."
Fear
"Sometimes it snows in April."
Nature
"I wanted to create a new kind of human."
Creativity
"Changes turn it inside out, yes."
Change
"I've never done anything by the book."
Perseverance
"Ground control to major tom."
Dreams
"We can be heroes just for one day gives you an incredible feeling."
Inspiration
"The internet has made us more human."
Technology
"I don't do drugs anymore."
Health
"The most important thing is that you believe in yourself."
Strength
"Rebel just for the sake of it."
Creativity
"I'm a very shy person."
Solitude
"I've been best at what I do for quite some years and I don't see myself ever stopping."
Success
"The only reason I'm in fashion is to destroy the word conformity."
Freedom
"Oh you pretty things."
Beauty
"Music has always been a matter of Energy to me."
Music
"I think you're only as good as your last record."
Motivation
"I'm in touch with something which is just a little bit out of the ordinary."
Wisdom
"Computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to serve under them."
Technology
"I made some industrial music in the eighties that was pretty shagged out."
Art
"Let's dance put on your red shoes and dance the blues."
"Everybody says they love you, but what they really love is your fame and fortune."
Relationships
"I was testing the boundaries of taste."
Creativity
"The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion."
Leadership
"I think most people are far too interested in other people's business."
"The truth of the universe is relatively simple."
Truth