641 Quotes by David Bowie

For me, the world that I inhabit in reality is probably a very different world than the one people expect that I would be in.

You can't put down anybody. You can just try and understand. The emphasis shouldn't be on revolution, it should be on communication. Because it's just going to get more uptight. The more the revolution goes on, and there will be a civil war sooner or later.

I really believe that Bob Dylan and others have speeded up the changes. Pacifism has found a voice at last.

The coming together of people I find obscene as a principle. It is not human. It is not a natural thing as some people would have us believe.

Since the departure of good old-fashioned entertainers the re-emergence of somebody who wants to be an entertainer has unfortunately become a synonym for camp. I don't think I'm camper than any other person who felt at home on stage, and felt more at home on stage than he did offstage.

I once asked [John] Lennon what he thought of what I do. He said 'it's great, but its just rock and roll with lipstick on'.

See the mice in their million hordes From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads.

My mother was a housewife. Both from - well, my father was from a farming family, agricultural family in the north of England. And my mother came from a very working class.

Frankly, if I could get away with not having to perform, I'd be very happy. It's not my favorite thing to do.