Tag: David Bowie
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The skin of my character in ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’ was some concoction, a spermatozoon of an alien nature that was obscene and weird-looking.
David Bowie
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I re-invented my image so many times that I’m in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman.
David Bowie
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I think in the ’70s that there was a general feeling of chaos, a feeling that the idea of the ’60s as ‘ideal’ was a misnomer. Nothing seemed ideal anymore. Everything seemed in-between.
David Bowie
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I’m in awe of the universe, but I don’t necessarily believe there’s an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative, whether Buddhist or Catholic.
David Bowie
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What I have is a malevolent curiosity. That’s what drives my need to write and what probably leads me to look at things a little askew. I do tend to take a different perspective from most people.
David Bowie
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I don’t see any boundaries between any of the art forms. I think they all inter-relate completely.
David Bowie
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I’m always amazed that people take what I say seriously. I don’t even take what I am seriously.
David Bowie
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Confront a corpse at least once. The absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging confrontation you will ever have.
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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Anxiety and spiritual searching have been consistent themes with me, and that figures into my worldview. But I tend to make my songs sound like relationship songs.
David Bowie