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? — David Bowie Copy Share Image
There have been times when I've written something and it goes out and it comes back in a letter from some kid… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
1961 was when I was really into clothes. I left school at 15 and started copying a bloke who used to go… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I liked rock music, I kind of moved into that sphere, somehow thinking that somewhere along the line I'd be able to… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I never heard so many kids talk about just doing anything to be famous. I mean, yeah, fame is part of the… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
My work is really the accumulation of these different moods that I've had throughout my life and where they've taken me. I… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
You would think that a rock star being married to a super-model would be one of the greatest things in the world.… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I think the only music I didn't listen to was country and western, and that holds to this day. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I'm rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work, it's no longer his... I just see what… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
Having not really written any generational songs - I think maybe two or three of the songs that I've ever written have… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I don't think I did anything that my contemporaries didn't; it was just that I was the only one who talked about… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
There's a starman waiting in the sky, he'd like to come and meet us, but he thinks he'd blow our minds. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I have to take total control myself. I can't let anybody else do anything, for I find that I can do things… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
Funk, I don't think I have anything to do with funk. I've never considered myself funky. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I think that we have created a new kind of person in a way. We have created a child who will be… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I think I quite desperately wanted to have that kind of special companionship [like marriage ] . . . a special relationship,… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I think everything that I learned about stagecraft and carrying through - creating a through point for a theatrical device. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I think the first experience scared the hell out of me. Within months of my initial marriage [on Angela Bowie], I realized… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I'm rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work it's no longer his. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I am a moderately good singer. I am not a great singer but I can interpret a song, which I don't think… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
On "Tonight" I think I was torn dreadfully between writing what I wanted to write, but keeping it in a style that… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
Since the departure of good old-fashioned entertainers the re-emergence of somebody who wants to be an entertainer has unfortunately become a synonym… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
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. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I'm not sure whether it is me changing my mind, or whether I lie a lot. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
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… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
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… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
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… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
“Keep your 'lectric eye on me babe Put your ray gun to my head Press your space face close to mine, love Freak out… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
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… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
TV has eaten up everything else, and Warhol films are all that are left, which is fabulous. Pork could become the next I Love… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
“My brain hurt like a warehouse It had no room to spare I had to cram so many things to store everything in there… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
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… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
... And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds are immune to your consultations. They're quite aware of… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
