641 Quotes by David Bowie

I started playing around with local rock band swith the alto. And then, in a nutshell, somebody fell ill one night, the lead singer of one of the bands, and they knew I could sing, so they asked me if I would stand in. And I quite enjoyed it, actually, I must say, at 14. It was a real trip to have girls wave at you and smile and everything just because you opened your mouth and sang.

The name Zahra was to have been lman's own name at birth, but a senior member of the family changed it to lman at the last minute.

All the great mystical religions put a strong emphasis on the redeeming qualities of sex.

Confront a corpse at least once. The absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging confrontation you will ever have.

I have to take total control myself. I can't let anybody else do anything, for I find that I can do things better for me. I don't want to get other people playing with what they think that I'm trying to do.

When I was 9 years old, I wanted to be the baritone sax player in the Little Richard band.

You would think that a rock star being married to a supermodel would be one of the greatest things in the world. It is.

Listen to me, don't listen to me. Talk to me, don't talk to me.

Funk, I don't think I have anything to do with funk. I've never considered myself funky.