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It's certainly difficult, but that makes it more special, it's a long time coming. It was a tremendous relief. A huge monkey off my back.


Heather Bowie

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DAVID BOWIE I cannot with any real integrity perform songs I've done for 25 years. I don't need the mone...
DAVID BOWIE I've always tended to write songs prolifically.
DAVID BOWIE My father worked for a children's home called Dr. Barnardo's Homes. They're a charity.
DAVID BOWIE I have all the admiration in the world for somebody like Bono, who really puts himself on the line a...
DAVID BOWIE I don't have a problem with ageing - in fact, I embrace that aspect of it. And am able to and ob...
DAVID BOWIE I think much has been made of this alter ego business. I mean, I actually stopped creating character...
DAVID BOWIE You get to a certain age, and you are forbidden access. You're not going to get the kind of cove...
DAVID BOWIE Frankly, if I could get away with not having to perform, I'd be very happy. It's not my favo...
DAVID BOWIE The truest form of any form of revolutionary Left, whatever you want to call it, was Jack Kerouac, E...
DAVID BOWIE If I had a talent, it was for looking askew at everything, possibly more than my contemporaries. But...
DAVID BOWIE I'm not actually a very keen performer. I like putting shows together. I like putting events tog...
DAVID BOWIE Once I've written something it does tend to run away from me. I don't seem to have any part ...
DAVID BOWIE I was never particularly fond of my voice.
DAVID BOWIE I think it all comes back to being very selfish as an artist. I mean, I really do just write and rec...
DAVID BOWIE I wanted to imbue Ziggy with real flesh and blood and muscle, and it was imperative that I find Zigg...
DAVID BOWIE I guess, taking away all the theatrics or the costuming and the outer layers of what I do, I'm a...
DAVID BOWIE I've made over 25 studio albums, and I think probably I've made two real stinkers in my time...
DAVID BOWIE But I'm pretty good with collaborative thinking. I work well with other people.
DAVID BOWIE I couldn't have written things like 'Low' and 'Heroes,' those particular albums,...
DAVID BOWIE It is amazing how a new child can refocus one's direction seconds after its birth.
DAVID BOWIE I'm not very articulate.
DAVID BOWIE When I was 18, I thought that, to be a romantic, you couldn't live past 30.
DAVID BOWIE I'll tell you who I absolutely adore: Ian McEwan.
DAVID BOWIE I don't like to read things that people write about me. I'd rather read what kids have to sa...
DAVID BOWIE I never thought I would be such a family-oriented guy; I didn't think that was part of my makeup...
DAVID BOWIE I'm very good at what I do, and I don't turn my hand to something unless I'm very good a...
DAVID BOWIE I'm very at ease, and I like it. I never thought I would be such a family-oriented guy; I didn&#...
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