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> [I do not use the word 'genius' lightly, but if David Bowie is not a genius, then there is no such thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-rock/i-do-not-use-the-word-genius-lightly-but-if-david-bowie-is-not-a/)

[Mick Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-rock/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f34/mick-rock-37805_bowie_i-do-not-use-the-word-genius-lightly-but_121014.jpg)

> [Somebody had given me a copy of 'Hunky Dory,' which had yet to be a hit, although it was starting to percolate.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-rock/somebody-had-given-me-a-copy-of-hunky-dory-which-had-yet-to-be-a-hit/)

[Mick Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-rock/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/749/mick-rock-37805_although_somebody-had-given-me-a-copy-of-hunky-do_238715.jpg)

> [It's a miracle that David Bowie, Lou Reed and Iggy Pop are actually still alive today, given how hard they lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-rock/it-s-a-miracle-that-david-bowie-lou-reed-and-iggy-pop-are-actually/)

[Mick Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-rock/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd8/mick-rock-37805_actually_it-s-a-miracle-that-david-bowie-lou-reed_1611004.jpg)

## Other authors on David

## More by Mick Rock

> [The true art of being young is knowing how to defy gravity and upset as many people as possible while doing it. How to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-rock/the-true-art-of-being-young-is-knowing-how-to-defy-gravity-and-upset/)

[Mick Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-rock/)

> [I do not use the word 'genius' lightly, but if David Bowie is not a genius, then there is no such thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-rock/i-do-not-use-the-word-genius-lightly-but-if-david-bowie-is-not-a/)

[Mick Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-rock/)

> [Every morning I stand on my head and do a yoga workout.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-rock/every-morning-i-stand-on-my-head-and-do-a-yoga-workout/)

[Mick Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-rock/)

> [Somebody had given me a copy of 'Hunky Dory,' which had yet to be a hit, although it was starting to percolate. I'd seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-rock/somebody-had-given-me-a-copy-of-hunky-dory-which-had-yet-to-be-a-hit/)

[Mick Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-rock/)

> [My allegiance was always to the act. I wanted them to be happy. I wasn't owned by a magazine or a record label. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-rock/my-allegiance-was-always-to-the-act-i-wanted-them-to-be-happy-i-wasn/)

[Mick Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-rock/)

> [Newspapers and magazines didn't want pictures of musicians behaving badly back then. Now, because of the Internet, that's all the media wants.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-rock/newspapers-and-magazines-didn-t-want-pictures-of-musicians-behaving/)

[Mick Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-rock/)

> [It's funny because unlike back in the seventies when I made hardly any money, today I could just live off the past if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-rock/it-s-funny-because-unlike-back-in-the-seventies-when-i-made-hardly/)

[Mick Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-rock/)

> [It's a miracle that David Bowie, Lou Reed and Iggy Pop are actually still alive today, given how hard they lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-rock/it-s-a-miracle-that-david-bowie-lou-reed-and-iggy-pop-are-actually/)

[Mick Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-rock/)

> [I did not want to be somebody who lived off his reputation. I wanted to continue to be part of the modern music scene.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-rock/i-did-not-want-to-be-somebody-who-lived-off-his-reputation-i-wanted/)

[Mick Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-rock/)

> [I'd photographed musicians before but this was different. Syd was very charismatic, and he had the aura of a poete maudit, which made him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-rock/i-d-photographed-musicians-before-but-this-was-different-syd-was-very/)

[Mick Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-rock/)

> [I don't show every picture that I have, I think discretion is also important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-rock/i-don-t-show-every-picture-that-i-have-i-think-discretion-is-also/)

[Mick Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-rock/)

> [People think: 'If this photographer's looking like a big jerk-off, maybe it's okay if I do.' I like to catch my subjects off balance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-rock/people-think-if-this-photographer-s-looking-like-a-big-jerk-off-maybe/)

[Mick Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-rock/)

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