Quotes from Marc Bolan

My head is perfectly clean inside.

I think I am a child. Everything blows my mind.

A lot of people don't know about music, but buy records. A lot of people that know about music can't afford to buy records.

If God were to appear in my room, obviously I would be in awe, but I don't think I would be humble. I might cry, but I think he would dig me like crazy.

I tend to play a lot of blues things at home, because most blues things are basically within a 12-bar pattern.

I live my life with a sense of urgency that most people cant comprehend.

I've always been a wriggler. I just dig dancing.

I just dig dancing.

I don't like telephones.

I want fun now, life is here to enjoy, not to complicate and make difficult.

The prospect of being immortal doesn't excite me, but the prospect of being a materialistic idol for four years does appeal.

I mean, I am my own fantasy.

Sometimes I get a funny feeling inside me that I shan't be here very long, and I'm not talking in terms of things like success. It frightens me sometimes

Be strong and follow your own convictions. You can't assume there is a lot of time to do what you like. This is what David Bowie is afraid of: that he will die before he gets a chance to make a real strong contribution.

I am the 'Cosmic Dancer' who dances his way out of the womb and into the tomb on 'Electric Warrior.' I'm not frightened to get up there and groove about in front of six million people on TV because it doesn't look cool. That's the way I would do it at home.

Time passes so slowly if you are unaware of it and so quickly if you are aware of it.

I personally believe that I was... a previous life or something... a previous reincarnation, a bard of some sort, because most of the things I write about are descriptions of places I've never been to.

I honestly feel it could all end tomorrow. Not just the band thing - I mean life.

We have a very good head thing but we don't make love.

Our lives are merely trees of possibilities.

There is so little time for us all; I need to be able to say what I want quickly and to as many people as possible.

All rock musicians are deaf... Or insensitive to mellow sounds.

There is so little time for us all, I need to be able to say what I want quickly and to as many people as possible. Time passes so slowly if you are unaware of it and so quickly if you are aware of it.

I'm serious about the music, but I'm not serious about the fantasy. It's no big deal being on TV!