Quotes from David Bowie

I have someone who loves me for me. Seriously, it REALLY helps!

It's only forever, not long at all

I'm afraid of Americans.

My brother was one of the bigger influences in my life, in as much as he told me I didn't have to read the choice of books that I as recommended at school, and that I could go out to the library and go and choose my own, and sort of introduced me to authors that I wouldn't have read.probably. You know, the usual things like the Jack Kerouacs, the Ginsbergs, the ee Cummings and stuff.

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 done their best work by far with me.

It's a god-awful small affair To the girl with the mousy hair But her mummy is yelling, No! And her daddy has told her to go But her friend is nowhere to be seen Now she walks through her sunken dream To the seat with the clearest view And she's hooked to the silver screen. - Life on Mars?

A song has to take on character, shape, body and influence people to an extent that they use it for their own devices. It must affect them not just as a song, but as a lifestyle.

I'm a person who can take on the guises of people I meet. I'm a collector, and I collect personalities and ideas.

And when the clothes are strewn, Don't be afraid of the room. Touch the fullness of her breast, Feel the love of her caress... She will be your living end. - Lady Grinning Soul

I don't know how many times someone has come up to me and said, Hey, Lets dance!. I hate dancing. God, it's stupid.

Shoot you down. Bang! Bang! - Velvet Goldmine

I'm very at ease, and I like it. I never thought I would be such a family-oriented guy; I didn't think that was part of my makeup. But somebody said that as you get older you become the person you always should have been, and I feel that's happening to me. I'm rather surprised at who I am, because I'm actually like my dad! David Bowie

David Thomas: What do you think is the worst crime that could possibly be committed? What is the crime that offends you most? David Bowie: Seeing a man humble himself in his capacity as a worker to somebody else, and having to have that accepted as a given situation.

If you want it, boys, get it here, thing. - Sweet Thing

Look up here, I'm in heaven I've got scars that can't be seen I've got drama, can't be stolen Everybody knows me now - Lazarus

Written in pain, written in awe By a puzzled man who questioned What we were here for - Oh! You Pretty Things

I think I saw you in an ice-cream parlour drinking milk shakes cold and long Smiling and waving and looking so fine don't think you knew you were in this song. - Five Years

It's a compulsive need to wreck everything. You might notice there's a pattern of stripping down and building back up again throughout my life. I guess that's how some of us conduct our lives.

Look out my window, what do I see? A crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me. All the nightmares came today And it looks as though they're here to stay. - Oh! You Pretty Things

I should live my life on bended knee If I can't control my destiny You've gotta have a scheme You've gotta have a plan In the world of today, for tomorrow's man - No Control

Once I've written something it does tend to run away from me. I don't seem to have any part of it - it's no longer my piece of writing.

Til there was Rock You only had God. - Sweet Head

Time - He flexes like a whore, Falls wanking to the floor. His trick is you and me, boy. - Time

And the stars look very different today.