I suppose for me as an artist it wasn't always just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than anything else,… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within the visual arts in some way. I… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I really wanted to do, more than anything else, up until I was around 16, 17, was write musicals. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
The name Bowie just appealed to me when I was younger. I was into a kind of heavy philosophy thing when I… — 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
When I was 9 years old, I wanted to be the baritone sax player in the Little Richard band. — 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
There was a time in America not long ago when rock 'n' roll was called race music, and white kids who wanted… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I would like to believe that people knew what they were fighting for and why they wanted a revolution, and exactly what… — 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
I probably also wanted to be black at that particular time [ 9 years old] as well. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I think every time I said, "I'm working with Nile [Rodgers]," the reaction was, "Oh, great. I love 'Let's Dance.' " I… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
We were terribly excited, and I think we took it on our shoulders that we were creating the 21st century in 1971.… — 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 feel that what I do is always contemporary with the society I'm living in... If I wanted to explain myself, that's… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I guess a certain contingent of the musicians in London at the beginning of the '70s were fed up with denim and… — 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
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![“I think every time I said, "I'm working with Nile [Rodgers]," the reaction was, "Oh, great. I love 'Let's Dance.' " I think that's pretty expected. I'm not sure Nile and I went in consciously not to make "Let's Dance." We just wanted to work together again.” quote by David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/691/david-bowie-508_dance_i-think-every-time-i-said-i-m-working-wi_2760479.jpg)
