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" For me, often, there's such a cloud of melancholia about knowing I'm going to have to leave my daughter on her own. I don't know what age that is going to be, thank God. It just doubles me up in grief. "

David Bowie

Daughter

God

Grief

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David Bowie

Situation

Sometimes

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" I don't like to read things that people write about me. I'd rather read what kids have to say about me because it's not their profession to do that. "

David Bowie

Things

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Feel

Music

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I Am

People

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