641 Quotes by David Bowie

I think fame itself is not a rewarding thing. The most you can say is that it gets you a seat in restaurants.

There's a schizoid streak within the family anyway so I dare say that I'm affected by that. The majority of the people in my family have been in some kind of mental institution, as for my brother he doesn't want to leave. He likes it very much.

You can't go on stage and live - it's false all the way. I can't stand the premise of going out in jeans and a guitar and looking as real as you can in front of 18,000 people. I mean, it's not normal!

I don't mind trying it out and making sure something seems to work well.

Comfort comes into your house first as guest, then as a host, then finally as the master.

These are all personal crises, I'm sure, that I manifest in a song format and project into physical situations. You make little stories up about how you feel. It's as simple as that.

The character thing really is sort of, for me, personally, rather ancient history.

I'm still younger than Jagger... Most people are.

There's a starman waiting in the sky, he'd like to come and meet us, but he thinks he'd blow our minds.