--- title: "18 Real Quotes By David Bowie" description: "18 Real quotes by David Bowie. Plus more from David Bowie and more Real sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53c/david-bowie-508_band_i-m-wallowing-in-the-whole-idea-of-just_1111728.jpg" --- > [I'm wallowing in the whole idea of just being a guy out there with a band, with songs. It's a real enjoyment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-m-wallowing-in-the-whole-idea-of-just-being-a-guy-out-there-with-a/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53c/david-bowie-508_band_i-m-wallowing-in-the-whole-idea-of-just_1111728.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) > [You can't go on stage and live - it's false all the way. I can't stand the premise of going out in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/you-can-t-go-on-stage-and-live-it-s-false-all-the-way-i-can-t-stand/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b59/david-bowie-508_fronts_you-can-t-go-on-stage-and-live-it-s-fals_150663.jpg) > [I've made over 25 studio albums, and I think probably I've made two real stinkers in my time, and some not-bad albums,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-ve-made-over-25-studio-albums-and-i-think-probably-i-ve-made-two/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48c/david-bowie-508_albums_i-ve-made-over-25-studio-albums-and-i-th_2024847.jpg) > [I was born in London 1947, after the war. A real wartime baby. I went to school in Brixton, and then I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-was-born-in-london-1947-after-the-war-a-real-wartime-baby-i-went-to/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/515/david-bowie-508_born_i-was-born-in-london-1947-after-the-war_897396.jpg) > [I wanted to imbue Ziggy with real flesh and blood and muscle, and it was imperative that I find Ziggy and be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-wanted-to-imbue-ziggy-with-real-flesh-and-blood-and-muscle-and-it/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ed/david-bowie-508_blood_i-wanted-to-imbue-ziggy-with-real-flesh_1649145.jpg) > [I have found myself deeply, deeply intrigued by the ska-punk scene. It's such an expressive form of popular music, it's so real,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-have-found-myself-deeply-deeply-intrigued-by-the-ska-punk-scene-it/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01b/david-bowie-508_expressive_i-have-found-myself-deeply-deeply-intrig_1767868.jpg) > [I cannot with any real integrity perform songs I've done for 25 years. I don't need the money. What I need is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-cannot-with-any-real-integrity-perform-songs-i-ve-done-for-25-years/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/596/david-bowie-508_artist_i-cannot-with-any-real-integrity-perform_1986795.jpg) > [It always felt like you were trying too hard to look like the audience or something. That whole thing about the artistic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/it-always-felt-like-you-were-trying-too-hard-to-look-like-the/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ab/david-bowie-508_art_it-always-felt-like-you-were-trying-too_523021.jpg) > [ I think the first experience scared the hell out of me. Within months of my initial marriage \[on Angela Bowie\], I realized… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-think-the-first-experience-scared-the-hell-out-of-me-within-months/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e11/david-bowie-508_angela_i-think-the-first-experience-scared-the_1466429.jpg) > [My son's full real name is Duncan Zowie Haywood. As a toddler, he was called by his second name Zowie. But it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/my-son-s-full-real-name-is-duncan-zowie-haywood-as-a-toddler-he-was/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e44/david-bowie-508_name_my-son-s-full-real-name-is-duncan-zowie_1253180.jpg) > [I started playing around with local rock band swith the alto. And then, in a nutshell, somebody fell ill one night, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-started-playing-around-with-local-rock-band-swith-the-alto-and-then/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18d/david-bowie-508_band_i-started-playing-around-with-local-rock_993661.jpg) > [I've always been very chauvinistic, even in my boy-obsessed days. But I was always a gentleman. I alwaysd treated my boys like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-ve-always-been-very-chauvinistic-even-in-my-boy-obsessed-days-but-i/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5a/david-bowie-508_boys_i-ve-always-been-very-chauvinistic-even_259846.jpg) > [ A mutual friend knew that we were both \[with Iman Abdulmajid\] on our own, with broken marriages and with children. We were… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/a-mutual-friend-knew-that-we-were-both-with-iman-abdulmajid-on-our/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a59/david-bowie-508_broken_a-mutual-friend-knew-that-we-were-both-w_2732288.jpg) > [It's almost a social grace to get into the art world, and I'm very wary of it. Art was good in Berlin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/it-s-almost-a-social-grace-to-get-into-the-art-world-and-i-m-very/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c0/david-bowie-508_art_it-s-almost-a-social-grace-to-get-into-t_2637872.jpg) > [ \[While\] my life started taking on all the problems of addiction. So that took me off into an area where relationships were… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/while-my-life-started-taking-on-all-the-problems-of-addiction-so-that/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed8/david-bowie-508_addiction_while-my-life-started-taking-on-all-the_2342921.jpg) > [My son's full real name is Duncan Zowie Haywood. As a toddler he was called by his second name Zowie. But it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/my-son-s-full-real-name-is-duncan-zowie-haywood-as-a-toddler-he-was-2/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/david-bowie-508_calling_my-son-s-full-real-name-is-duncan-zowie_1309706.jpg) > [I don't have stylistic loyalty. That's why people perceive me changing all the time. But there is a real continuity in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-don-t-have-stylistic-loyalty-that-s-why-people-perceive-me-changing/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c5/david-bowie-508_art_i-don-t-have-stylistic-loyalty-that-s-wh_2855653.jpg) ## Other authors on Real ## 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/real/david-bowie/#itemlist", "name": "18 Real Quotes By David Bowie", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm wallowing in the whole idea of just being a guy out there with a band, with songs. 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