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
I think fame itself is not a rewarding thing. The most you can say is that it gets you a seat in… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
When I was going through those very fast changes, I think it was terribly important to me that I was seen to… — 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 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
I think I quite desperately wanted to have that kind of special companionship [like marriage ] . . . a special relationship,… — 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
Am I Machiavellian? I don't think I'm quite the mastermind people would have me be. Everything I do tends to be very… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I'm wary of the word glam because I think that became the all-inclusive term with for any bloke with lipstick on, which… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
A lot of people that I know are bugged with the idea that they have got to have an audience, or they… — 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 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
Some of us, I think, us small, pompous arty ones probably read too much George Steiner and kind of got the idea… — 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 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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
“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
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
... 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
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
I've come to the realizations that I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing half the time. — David Bowie Copy Share
![“I think I quite desperately wanted to have that kind of special companionship [like marriage ] . . . a special relationship, yet I hid from it for many, many years and pretended to be cynical about it.” quote by David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/david-bowie-508_companionship_i-think-i-quite-desperately-wanted-to-ha_1246706.jpg)
![“I think the first experience scared the hell out of me. Within months of my initial marriage [on Angela Bowie], I realized I had done a really naive and rather stupid thing. . . . I don't think either of us had any real resolve about being together. The result was it made me wary of relationships.” quote by David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e11/david-bowie-508_angela_i-think-the-first-experience-scared-the_1466429.jpg)
