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" An armchair Jungian would say the whole thing is about my own ongoing spiritual search. My interior life has always been one of trying to find a spiritual link, maybe because I'm from a family of separate religious philosophies: Protestant and Catholic. "

David Bowie

Trying

Family

Life

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" The Americans at heart are a pure and noble people; things to them are in black and white. It's either 'rawk' or it's not. We Brits putter around in the grey area. "

" I've started doing book reviews for Barnes & Noble! They saw that I did a lot of book reviews on the site, and they figured that it might not be a bad thing if they got me to do some for them as well. I gave them five categories I'd be interested in reviewing, from art to fiction to music. "

" I was born in London 1947, after the war. A real wartime baby. I went to school in Brixton, and then I moved up to Yorkshire, which is in the north of England. I lived on the farms up there. "

" The Internet carries the flag of being subversive and possibly rebellious and chaotic, nihilistic. "

" My mother was Catholic, my father was Protestant. There was always a debate going on at home - I think in those days we called them arguments - about who was right and who was wrong. "

" Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity. So it's like, just take advantage of these last few years because none of this is ever going to happen again. You'd better be prepared for doing a lot of touring because that's really the only unique situation that's going to be left. "

" 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. "

David Bowie

Think

Thought

" Confront a corpse at least once. The absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging confrontation you will ever have. "

" I don't see any boundaries between any of the art forms. I think they all inter-relate completely. "

" I think, generally, I just cannot really envision life without writing and producing records and singing. "

" Songs don't have to be about going out on Saturday night and having a good rink-up and driving home and crashing cars. A lot of what I've done is about alienation... about where you fit in society. "

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

David Bowie

I Am

People

" I have all the admiration in the world for somebody like Bono, who really puts himself on the line and tries actively to do something about our world situation. "

" If I had a talent, it was for looking askew at everything, possibly more than my contemporaries. But I had to really push myself to be a writer. "

" I guess it's flattering that everyone believed I was those characters, but it also is dehumanizing. "

" I was never particularly fond of my voice. "

" I don't crave applause. I'm not one of those guys who comes alive on stage. I'm much more alive at home, I think. "

" All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger when I get very selfish about it. "

" 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

Feel

Music

" It is amazing how a new child can refocus one's direction seconds after its birth. "

" It amazes me sometimes that even intelligent people will analyze a situation or make a judgement after only recognizing the standard or traditional structure of a piece. "

David Bowie

Situation

Sometimes

" 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. "

" I wanted to prove the sustaining power of music. "

" Pixies and Sonic Youth were so important to the eighties. "

" I feel confident imposing change on myself. It's a lot more fun progressing than looking back. That's why I need to throw curve balls. "

" I think it all comes back to being very selfish as an artist. I mean, I really do just write and record what interests me and I do approach the stage shows in much the same way. "

" I never could get over the fact that The Pixies formed, worked and separated without America taking them to its heart or even recognizing their existence for the most part. "

" 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. "

" I find only freedom in the realms of eccentricity. "