David Bowie
David Bowie
David Robert Jones, better known by his stage name David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a figure in popular music for over five decades, regarded by critics and musicians as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, his music and stagecraft significantly influencing popular music. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million worldwide, made him one of the world's best-selling music...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth8 January 1947
CityLondon, England
Elvis is English, and climbs the hills. Can't tell the bullshit from the lies.
I'm not sure whether it is me changing my mind, or whether I lie a lot.
The name Bowie just appealed to me when I was younger. I was into a kind of heavy philosophy thing when I was 16 years old, and I wanted a truism about cutting through the lies and all that.
What is very enlightening for me right now is that I sense that I'm arriving at a place of peace with my writing that I've never experienced before.
...And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds, they are immune to your consultations, they're quite aware of what they're going through...
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 wanted to create an environment where not just my fans but all music lovers could be a part of the same community.
I'm always amazed that peole take what I say seriously. I don't even take what I 'am' seriously.
I believe that I often bring out the best in somebody's talents.
I'll ruin everything you are, I'll give you television.
Sometimes you stumble across a few chords that put you in a reflective place.
I am a D.J., I am what I play.
She's a total bam bam.
I'll stick with you baby for a thousand years.