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David Bowie Quotes




David Bowie Song Quotes

"We can be heroes, just for one day
We can be us, just for one day"
-David Bowie
from Heroes (2014)
"I can remember standing by the wall
And the guns shot above our heads
And we kissed, as though nothing could fall"
-David Bowie
from Heroes (2016)
"Because my love for you
Would break my heart in two"
-David Bowie
from Let's Dance (2016)
"Can't we give ourselves one more chance
Why can't we give love that one more chance"
-Queen
from Under Pressure (2016)
"Don't fake it baby, lay the real thing on me"
-David Bowie
from Moonage Daydream (2016)
"Look up here, I'm in heaven
I've got scars that can't be seen"
-David Bowie
from Lazarus (2016)


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David Bowie was an English singer, songwriter,
multi-instrumentalist, actor, and arranger.
Bowie was a major figure in the world of popular music for over four decades, and is renowned as
an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s
Throughout his career, he has sold an estimated 140 million albums.

-Wikipedia
Birth Name: David Robert Jones
Name Origin:
Wanting to avoid confusion with Davy Jones of the Monkees, he renamed himself after the 19th-century American frontiersman Jim Bowie and the knife he had popularized.
Born: January 8th, 1947 (in London, England)
Died: January 10th, 2016 (at the age of 69, from liver cancer)
From: Brixton, London, England
Spouse(s): Iman (model, actress; married on June 6th, 1992)
Angela Bowie (née Barnett; actress; married on March 20th, 1970; divorced in 1980)
Children: Duncan Jones (born 1971)
Alexandria "Lexi" Zahra Jones (born 2000)
Step daughter Zulekha Haywood (July 5th, 1978)

Brother:
Terry Jones (institutionalized)

Education:
Bromley Technical High School, London, U.K.
Genre(s): Rock, art rock, glam rock, pop, experimental rock, Classic Rock
Instrument(s): Vocals, guitar, keyboards, saxophone
Active From: 1962-present
Associated Acts: Tin Machine, Iggy Pop, Brian Eno, Lou Reed
Did You Know:
• According to his first wife Angie, Bowie had a relationship with Mick Jagger

• He was also a painter and collector of fine art.
Quotes:
About his music throughout the 1990s: "I really felt, in all honesty, fairly intimidated by my catalog at the time. I really had to work out a new way of approaching what was going to be the '90s, and I needed elbow room. I didn't want those things staring me in the face every time I went to do a show."

"Any list of advice I have to offer to a muscian always ends with, 'If it itches, go and see a doctor.'"

"It's true - I am a bisexual. But I can't deny that I've used that fact very well. I suppose it's the best thing that ever happened to me"

Asked whether he still believed his public declaration he was bi was mistake, he replied: "Interesting. I don't think it was a mistake in Europe, but it was a lot tougher in America. I had no problem with people knowing I was bisexual. But I had no inclination to hold any banners nor be a representative of any group of people. I knew what I wanted to be, which was a songwriter and a performer, and I felt that bisexuality became my headline over here for so long. America is a very puritanical place, and I think it stood in the way of so much I wanted to do"