Mean Quote by David Bowie

“People are always throwing things at me that I've said and I say that I didn't mean anything.”

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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.

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“My brain hurt like a warehouse It had no room to spare I had to cram so many things to store everything in there And all the fat-skinny people And all the tall-short people And all the nobody people And all the somebody people I never thought I'd need so many people. - Five Years ”

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