Quotes from David Bowie

As you get older the questions come down to two or three. How long have I got and what am I gonna do with the time I've got left?

You would think that a rock star being married to a super-model would be one of the greatest things in the world. It is.

It's not the side-effects of the cocaine - I'm thinking that it must be love. It's too late to be grateful, It's too late to be hateful, It's too late to be late again, The European canon is here. - Station to Station

Touring with Iggy Pop was something to do. It was good fun. I got drunk a lot.

Songwriting as an art is a bit archaic now. Just writing a song is not good enough.

There seem to be a lot of black artists making very good videos that I'm surprised aren't being used on MTV.

Sometimes I don't feel as if I'm a person at all. I'm just a collection of other people's ideas.

She will be your living hell.

I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir.

Art was, seriously, the only thing I'd ever wanted to own. It has always been for me a stable nourishment. I use it. It can change the way that I feel in the mornings.

I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized that to many people he is not a sex symbol, but a mother image.

Radio in England is nonexistent. It's very bad English use of a media system, typically English use.

I wanted to prove the sustaining power of music.

Love is every type of relationship that you think of... I'm sure it means relationship, every type of relationship that you can think of.

Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming

I believe that I often bring out the best in somebody's talents.

I've always regretted that I never was able to talk openly with my parents, especially with my father. I've heard and read so many things about my family that I can no longer believe anything; every relative I question has a completely different story from the last.

You can begin really looking for a relationship . . . when you can (appreciate) the whole concept of giving to someone, not just taking.

Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there.

I'll place my love beneath the stars.

I'll paint you moments of gold, I'll spin you Valentine evenings.

It makes me sad when I see artists who come alive when they go onstage, because, gee, I really come alive when I'm home.

Nothing prepared me for your smile

If I put faith in medication, if I can smile a crooked smile, if I can talk on television, if I can walk an empty mile.