--- title: "25 Kind Quotes By David Bowie" description: "25 Kind quotes by David Bowie. Plus more from David Bowie and more Kind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/david-bowie-508_blokes_in-fact-in-europe-i-m-more-kind-of-this_392381.jpg" --- > [In fact, in Europe, I'm more kind of this bloke what writes lots of stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/in-fact-in-europe-i-m-more-kind-of-this-bloke-what-writes-lots-of/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/david-bowie-508_blokes_in-fact-in-europe-i-m-more-kind-of-this_392381.jpg) > [I'm rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work it's no longer his.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-m-rather-kind-of-old-school-thinking-that-when-an-artist-does-his-2/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86f/david-bowie-508_art_i-m-rather-kind-of-old-school-thinking-t_1626172.jpg) > [The only real failure is trying to second-guess the taste of an audience. Nothing comes out of that except a kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/the-only-real-failure-is-trying-to-second-guess-the-taste-of-an/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d7/david-bowie-508_audience_the-only-real-failure-is-trying-to-secon_3094647.jpg) > [A lot of people provide me with quotes. They suggest all kinds of things to say and I do, really, because I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/a-lot-of-people-provide-me-with-quotes-they-suggest-all-kinds-of/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc3/david-bowie-508_all-kinds_a-lot-of-people-provide-me-with-quotes-t_629851.jpg) > [The name Bowie just appealed to me when I was younger. I was into a kind of heavy philosophy thing when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/the-name-bowie-just-appealed-to-me-when-i-was-younger-i-was-into-a/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e1/david-bowie-508_bowie_the-name-bowie-just-appealed-to-me-when_663756.jpg) > [There's a schizoid streak within the family anyway so I dare say that I'm affected by that. The majority of the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/there-s-a-schizoid-streak-within-the-family-anyway-so-i-dare-say-that/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/113/david-bowie-508_affected_there-s-a-schizoid-streak-within-the-fam_1244216.jpg) > [It's much easier for me to say that, the kind of music I didn't listen to was pretty much that. I mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/it-s-much-easier-for-me-to-say-that-the-kind-of-music-i-didn-t-listen/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/969/david-bowie-508_easier_it-s-much-easier-for-me-to-say-that-the_3130010.jpg) > [I couldn't have written things like 'Low' and 'Heroes,' those particular albums, if it hadn't have been for Berlin and the kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-couldn-t-have-written-things-like-low-and-heroes-those-particular/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f0/david-bowie-508_berlin_i-couldn-t-have-written-things-like-low_612012.jpg) > [I have a very strong paternal streak. I'm a born father...I get such enjoyment out of being with children. Now they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-have-a-very-strong-paternal-streak-i-m-a-born-father-i-get-such/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0a/david-bowie-508_children_i-have-a-very-strong-paternal-streak-i-m_3177785.jpg) > [And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, I'm going to learn the saxophone. When I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/and-i-saw-the-sax-line-up-that-he-had-behind-him-and-i-thought-i-m/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b0/david-bowie-508_band_and-i-saw-the-sax-line-up-that-he-had-be_1389310.jpg) > [I wanted to be Gerry Mulligan, only, see, I didn't have any kind of technique. So I thought, well, baritone sax is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-wanted-to-be-gerry-mulligan-only-see-i-didn-t-have-any-kind-of/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67e/david-bowie-508_i-can_i-wanted-to-be-gerry-mulligan-only-see-i_603673.jpg) > [Some of us, I think, us small, pompous arty ones probably read too much George Steiner and kind of got the idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/some-of-us-i-think-us-small-pompous-arty-ones-probably-read-too-much/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb8/david-bowie-508_age_some-of-us-i-think-us-small-pompous-arty_2725364.jpg) > [I'm well past the age where I'm acceptable. You get to a certain age and you are forbidden access. You're not going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-m-well-past-the-age-where-i-m-acceptable-you-get-to-a-certain-age/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e3/david-bowie-508_acceptable_i-m-well-past-the-age-where-i-m-acceptab_2204421.jpg) > [A song has to take on character, shape, body and influence people to an extent that they use it for their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/a-song-has-to-take-on-character-shape-body-and-influence-people-to-an-2/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04d/david-bowie-508_all-kinds_a-song-has-to-take-on-character-shape-bo_3172285.jpg) > [You write down a paragraph or two describing several different subjects creating a kind of story ingredients-list, I suppose, and then cut…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/you-write-down-a-paragraph-or-two-describing-several-different/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8d/david-bowie-508_bounce_you-write-down-a-paragraph-or-two-descri_2490828.jpg) > [I think that we have created a new kind of person in a way. We have created a child who will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-think-that-we-have-created-a-new-kind-of-person-in-a-way-we-have/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f3/david-bowie-508_children_i-think-that-we-have-created-a-new-kind_1233813.jpg) > [I think Lindsay Kemp really introduced me to the work of Jean Genet, and through that, I kind of kept re-educating myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-think-lindsay-kemp-really-introduced-me-to-the-work-of-jean-genet/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/david-bowie-508_kind_i-think-lindsay-kemp-really-introduced-m_2925986.jpg) > [I kind of miss that "becoming" stage, as most times you really don't know what's around the corner. Now, of course, I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-kind-of-miss-that-becoming-stage-as-most-times-you-really-don-t/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef1/david-bowie-508_answers_i-kind-of-miss-that-becoming-stage-as-mo_2300685.jpg) > [And it's always the same kind of artist, I think, who has more enjoyment being slightly on the outside of things, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/and-it-s-always-the-same-kind-of-artist-i-think-who-has-more/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5b/david-bowie-508_art_and-it-s-always-the-same-kind-of-artist_2388158.jpg) > [I guess a certain contingent of the musicians in London at the beginning of the '70s were fed up with denim and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-guess-a-certain-contingent-of-the-musicians-in-london-at-the/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28d/david-bowie-508_certain_i-guess-a-certain-contingent-of-the-musi_3163487.jpg) > [It would be my guess that Madonna is not a very happy woman. From my own experience, having gone through persona changes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/it-would-be-my-guess-that-madonna-is-not-a-very-happy-woman-from-my/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb6/david-bowie-508_attention_it-would-be-my-guess-that-madonna-is-not_1028969.jpg) > [Rather than really have, like a close relationship to anything that's coming out today, people are just, they've got it on as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/rather-than-really-have-like-a-close-relationship-to-anything-that-s/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfd/david-bowie-508_background-music_rather-than-really-have-like-a-close-rel_895623.jpg) > [I thought that I could do some kind of vehicle involving rock musicals and presenting rock and characters and storyline in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-thought-that-i-could-do-some-kind-of-vehicle-involving-rock/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f5/david-bowie-508_actor_i-thought-that-i-could-do-some-kind-of-v_600165.jpg) > [ I think I quite desperately wanted to have that kind of special companionship \[like marriage \] . . . a special relationship,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-think-i-quite-desperately-wanted-to-have-that-kind-of-special/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/david-bowie-508_companionship_i-think-i-quite-desperately-wanted-to-ha_1246706.jpg) > [I liked rock music, I kind of moved into that sphere, somehow thinking that somewhere along the line I'd be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-liked-rock-music-i-kind-of-moved-into-that-sphere-somehow-thinking/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12d/david-bowie-508_able_i-liked-rock-music-i-kind-of-moved-into_241509.jpg) ## Other authors on Kind ## More by David Bowie > [I don't crave applause. I'm not one of those guys who comes alive on stage. I'm much more alive at home, I think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-don-t-crave-applause-i-m-not-one-of-those-guys-who-comes-alive-on/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) > [No more free steps to heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/no-more-free-steps-to-heaven/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) > [I'm not sure whether it is me changing my mind, or whether I lie a lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-m-not-sure-whether-it-is-me-changing-my-mind-or-whether-i-lie-a-lot/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) > [I do some kind of work, whether writing or painting or recording, on a daily basis. And it's so essential that when I'm involved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-do-some-kind-of-work-whether-writing-or-painting-or-recording-on-a/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) > [To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions, most of the musicians that I've worked with have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/to-not-be-modest-about-it-you-ll-find-that-with-only-a-couple-of/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) > [I went mainstream in a major way with the song "Let's Dance." And what I found I had done was put a box around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-went-mainstream-in-a-major-way-with-the-song-let-s-dance-and-what-i/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) > [“Keep your 'lectric eye on me babe Put your ray gun to my head Press your space face close to mine, love Freak out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/keep-your-lectric-eye-on-me-babe-put-your-ray-gun-to-my-head-press/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-m-in-awe-of-the-universe-but-i-don-t-necessarily-believe-there-s-an/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) > [TV has eaten up everything else, and Warhol films are all that are left, which is fabulous. Pork could become the next I Love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/tv-has-eaten-up-everything-else-and-warhol-films-are-all-that-are/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) > [“My brain hurt like a warehouse It had no room to spare I had to cram so many things to store everything in there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/my-brain-hurt-like-a-warehouse-it-had-no-room-to-spare-i-had-to-cram/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) > [I suppose for me as an artist it wasn't always just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than anything else, to contribute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-suppose-for-me-as-an-artist-it-wasn-t-always-just-about-expressing/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) > [... And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds are immune to your consultations. They're quite aware of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/and-these-children-that-you-spit-on-as-they-try-to-change-their/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) > [I think the first song I ever wrote ... was called "Can't Help Thinking About Me." That's an illuminating little piece, isn't it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-think-the-first-song-i-ever-wrote-was-called-can-t-help-thinking/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) > [I've come to the realizations that I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing half the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-ve-come-to-the-realizations-that-i-have-absolutely-no-idea-what-i-m/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) > [I never really felt like a rock singer or a rock star or whatever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-never-really-felt-like-a-rock-singer-or-a-rock-star-or-whatever/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/david-bowie/#itemlist", "name": "25 Kind Quotes By David Bowie", "numberOfItems": 25, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In fact, in Europe, I'm more kind of this bloke what writes lots of stuff.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Bowie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/in-fact-in-europe-i-m-more-kind-of-this-bloke-what-writes-lots-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/david-bowie-508_blokes_in-fact-in-europe-i-m-more-kind-of-this_392381.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/david-bowie-508_blokes_in-fact-in-europe-i-m-more-kind-of-this_392381.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/david-bowie-508_blokes_in-fact-in-europe-i-m-more-kind-of-this_392381.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In fact, in Europe, I'm more kind of this bloke what writes lots of stuff.” — David Bowie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work it's no longer his.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Bowie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-m-rather-kind-of-old-school-thinking-that-when-an-artist-does-his-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86f/david-bowie-508_art_i-m-rather-kind-of-old-school-thinking-t_1626172.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86f/david-bowie-508_art_i-m-rather-kind-of-old-school-thinking-t_1626172.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86f/david-bowie-508_art_i-m-rather-kind-of-old-school-thinking-t_1626172.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work it's no longer his.” — David Bowie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The only real failure is trying to second-guess the taste of an audience. 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