641 Quotes by David Bowie

I thought that I could do some kind of vehicle involving rock musicals and presenting rock and characters and storyline in a completely different fashion.

You write down a paragraph or two describing several different subjects creating a kind of story ingredients-list, I suppose, and then cut the sentences into four or five-word sections; mix em up and reconnect them. You can get some pretty interesting idea combinations like this. You can use them as is or, if you have a craven need to not lose control, bounce off these ideas and write whole new sections.

I'm responsible for starting a whole new school of pretension.

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 that I was living in. It just seemed like a challenge to move it a little bit towards the way I thought it might be interesting to go.

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.

I believe in Beatles, I believe my little soul has grown.

I probably also wanted to be black at that particular time [ 9 years old] as well.

Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth.

I'm wallowing in the whole idea of just being a guy out there with a band, with songs. It's a real enjoyment.