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David Bowie

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When I'm stuck for a closing to a lyric, I will drag out my last resort: overwhelming illogic.


— David Bowie


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Nearly all the synth work on Heathen is mine and some of the piano.


— David Bowie


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I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring.


— David Bowie


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As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And what do I do with the time I've got left?


— David Bowie


#come #down #get #got #how

I'm always amazed that people take what I say seriously. I don't even take what I am seriously.


— David Bowie


#am #amazed #even #i #i am

The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.


— David Bowie


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Frankly, I mean, sometimes the interpretations I've seen on some of the songs that I've written are a lot more interesting than the input that I put in.


— David Bowie


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I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.


— David Bowie


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I had to resign myself, many years ago, that I'm not too articulate when it comes to explaining how I feel about things. But my music does it for me, it really does.


— David Bowie


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On the other hand, what I like my music to do to me is awaken the ghosts inside of me. Not the demons, you understand, but the ghosts.


— David Bowie


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Bowie portrayed physicist Nikola Tesla in the Christopher Nolan film The Prestige (2006) which was about the bitter rivalry between two magicians in the late 19th century. This he refused to do and his interview went ahead. Featuring a starkly lit set the Isolar – 1976 Tour highlighted songs from the album including the dramatic and lengthy title track the ballads "Wild Is the Wind" and "Word on a Wing" and the funkier "TVC 15" and "Stay".

" The relatively short-lived Ziggy persona proved merely one facet of a career marked by continual reinvention musical innovation and striking visual presentation. Throughout his career he has sold an estimated 140 million albums. Bowie first caught the eye and ear of the public in July 1969 when his song "Space Oddity" reached the top five of the UK Singles Chart.

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