David Bowie

Musician

1947-01-08 – 2016-01-10

David Bowie was an English singer, songwriter, and actor known for continual artistic reinvention across rock and pop music. His work influenced fashion, performance, and recording culture from the 1970s onward. Landmark albums such as The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and Heroes made him a global cultural figure.

Books by David Bowie

Hospitality marketing
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Moonage daydream
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Quotes by David Bowie

She will be your living hell.
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I think I saw you in an ice-cream parlourdrinking milk shakes cold and longSmiling and waving and looking so finedon't think you knew you were in this song
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Written in pain, written in aweBy a puzzled man who questionedWhat we were here for
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People are so fucking dumb. Nobody reads anymore, nobody goes out and looks and explores the society and culture they were brought up in. People have attention spans of five seconds and as much depth as a glass of water.
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What is the quality you most like in a man? The ability to return books.
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Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming
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... And these childrenthat you spit onas they try to change their worldsare immune to your consultations.They're quite awareof what they're going through...
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... And these childrenthat you spit onas they try to change their worldsare immune to your consultations.They're quite awareof what they're going through...
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Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming
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Written in pain, written in aweBy a puzzled man who questionedWhat we were here for
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People are so fucking dumb. Nobody reads anymore, nobody goes out and looks and explores the society and culture they were brought up in. People have attention spans of five seconds and as much depth as a glass of water.
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What is the quality you most like in a man? The ability to return books.
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I think I saw you in an ice-cream parlourdrinking milk shakes cold and longSmiling and waving and looking so finedon't think you knew you were in this song
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She will be your living hell.
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I realized the other day that I've lived in New York longer than I've lived anywhere else. It's amazing: I am a New Yorker. It's strange I never thought I would be.
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A song has to take on character, shape, body and influence people to an extent that they use it for their own devices. It must affect them not just as a song, but as a lifestyle.
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That's the shock: All cliches are true. The years really do speed by. Life really is as short as they tell you it is. And there really is a God - so do I buy that one? If all the other cliches are true... Hell, don't pose me that one.
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As an adolescent, I was painfully shy, withdrawn. I didn't really have the nerve to sing my songs on stage, and nobody else was doing them. I decided to do them in disguise so that I didn't have to actually go through the humiliation of going on stage and being myself.
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From my standpoint, being an artist, I want to see what the new construction is between artist and audience.
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Strangely, some songs you really don't want to write.
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