641 Quotes by David Bowie

I didn’t say that wearing a glamorization of the rock artist was any truer from the other thing.

It took me a long time to reach the bottom and it went through various stages. I went from drugs into an alcohol stage. For a while, one feels, “Ah, I’ve kicked drugs,” but what I discovered was I had another addiction instead.

There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It's always been my way of expressing what, for me, is inexpressible by any other means.

I find only freedom in the realms of eccentricity.

I've always tended to write songs prolifically.

I'm not very articulate.

I don't like to read things that people write about me. I'd rather read what kids have to say about me because it's not their profession to do that.

I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance.

I'm not actually a very keen performer. I like putting shows together. I like putting events together. In fact, everything I do is about the conceptualizing and realization of a piece of work, whether it's the recording or the performance side.