63 result(s) for David Bowie Quotes.
"I don't know how many times someone has come up to me and said, 'David, you saved my life.' I rarely know what to say."
"I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human. I felt very puny as a human. I thought, 'F*** that. I want to be a superhuman.'"
"Sometimes you stumble across a few chords that put you in a reflective place."
"I don't like to be bored. I like to take chances."
"I re-invented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman."
"It's not the side effects of the cocaine. I'm thinking that it must be love."
"I don't write rock music. I write more musical theater."
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"What I have is a malevolent curiosity. That's what drives my need to write and what probably leads me to look at things a little askew."
"I'm not a prophet or a stone aged man, just a mortal with the potential of a superman."
"I suppose for me as an artist, it wasn’t always just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than anything else, to contribute."
"I’m an instant star. Just add water and stir."
"There, in the chords and shameless harmonies, the song will build itself."
"I don't expect you to understand me. But I expect you to accept me."
"I find only freedom in the realms of eccentricity."
"The only real power that I have is over myself."
"I suppose for me as an artist it wasn't always just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than anything else, to contribute in some way to the culture I was living in."
"I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man, just a mortal with the potential of a superman."
"I'm an actor - don't confuse that with a breakdancer."
"I think it's terribly dangerous for an artist to fulfill other people's expectations."
"I don't like to carry a burden of responsibility greater than I have to."
"I don't think you'd call [my work] pop. This is 'avant-rock' – it's the next step. Because, at this point, what I'm trying to say is that I'm the thing my work is about."
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"I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human. I felt very puny as a human. I thought, 'F**k that. I want to be a superhuman.'"
"The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time."
"I'm not a prophet or a stone aged man, just a mortal with the potential of a superman. I'm living on."
"Make the best of every moment. We’re not evolving. We’re not going anywhere."
"I think it’s terribly dangerous for an artist to fulfill other people’s expectations. They generally produce their worst work when they do."
"Even a true artist does not always produce art."
"I'm an actor, and I guess I've done so much acting, I forget what I'm really like sometimes."
"I wanted to prove the sustaining power of music."
"I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear."
"I suppose for me as an artist it wasn’t always just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than anything else, to contribute in some way to the culture I was living in."
"I re-invented my image so many times, that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman."
"I'm not a prophet or a stone-aged man, just a mortal with the potential of a superman."
"I don't know where I'm going, but I promise it won't be boring."
"I don't have stylistic loyalty. That's why people perceive me as a wild card."
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"The truth is, of course, that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time."
"Make the best of every moment. We're not evolving. We're not going anywhere."
"I'm just a cosmic yob, I suppose."
"I always had a different sort of vision of what a performance was, how an artist could be, where my center was."
"The moment you know you know you know."
"You would think that a rock star being married to a supermodel would be one of the greatest things in the world. It is."
"All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger when I get very selfish about it."
"I'm just a very musical boy."
"I suppose for me as an artist, it wasn't always just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than anything else, to contribute in some way to the culture I was living in."
"I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it."
"I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring."
"I don't know who I am, but I know who I want to be."
"I'm not a prophet or a stone-aged man, just a mortal with potential of a superman."
"I'm always amazed that people take what I say seriously. I don't even take what I am seriously."
"I'm just an individual who doesn't feel that I need to have somebody qualify my work in any particular way. I'm working for me."
"I'm an actor, and I suppose an entertainer as well, but I'm not a musician."
"I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring."
"I reinvented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman."
"I pretended I was someone else working in a factory, and I made my first film. I had ideas for films, so I have all this time writing scripts and whatnot."
"I believe that I often bring out the best in somebody's talents."
"I’m just a cosmic yob, I suppose."
"I don't think quantity time is as special as quality time with your family."
"I’m not a great domestic person."
"I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir."
"I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human."
"I wouldn’t advise kids to take up the Internet as a career."
"Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming."
"As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And what do I do with the time I've got left?"
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